Jane Goodall By Susanna and Vivian

The

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Explorer

Basic facts about Jane

• Full name: Valerie Jane Morris- Goodall

• Born on April 3, 1934, in London

• Father's name is Mortimer Herbert Morris- Goodall

• Mother's name is Vanna Joseph Morris Goodall

• Had a sister named Judy, four years younger than Jane

• Jane Goodall was 26 when she left England to go to Africa

Childhood

• Her parents divorced when she was 8

• Had a club called the Alligator Club

• Nature, took nature walks, and had a magazine about nature

• Hidden place in the garden had feasts, lit fires, boiled water in a can over the fire• In an old trunk they kept 3 mugs,

tea, cocoa, and a spoon

Childhood

• One summer made a museum in a glass conservatory, they had: pressed flowers, shells, human skeleton• Read Tarzan of the Apes and

Dr. Doolittle and got inspired to go visit Africa

Jane with JubileeShe got him from her dad. It started her love for animals at an early age.

The

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Exploring

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How did Jane Goodall get to observe chimpanzees?• Since childhood, Jane wanted to go to Africa to

live among animals and write about them

• Family was not wealthy

• Jane's dream was "impossible" for her at that time

• Mother always told her that if she tried hard enough and believed in herself, she would find a way

• In 1956, a close friend named, 'Clo' (Marie-Claude) Mange invited her to Kenya to visit their family farm

• To get the money for the trip, she quit her job, moved back home, and became a waitress

• All summer, she worked really hard, and all the money she earned she put under a carpet

How did Jane Goodall get to observe chimpanzees? cont.• Months later, she pulled the blinds and locked doors

and counted the money she earned. It was enough money for a round trip

• 1957 Jane took a boat to Kenya

• There she met famed anthropologist and archaeologist Louis S.B. Leakey.

• He hired Jane as an assistant/ secretary

• Dr.Louis Leakey was always talking about someone studying chimpanzees and he thought Jane would be the perfect person for the job• Asked if she would be interested in studying a

group of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania

Discoveries

• Found out that chimps eat meat (baboon) by watching David Greybeard

• David Greybeard and Goliath were using sticks to fish termites out of a termite mound

• During rain storms and lightning storms chimps do the "rain dance"

• Chewed up leaves to get water out of the ground where they couldn't reach

• Made "sponges"

Weapons and toolshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ogq889RlUJQ

Rain Dance and Termite Discovery • Male began to move from foot to foot

(like dancing) in rain

• Other males joined the first male

• They broke branches and dragged them

• Other chimps joined in

• Jane calls it the rain dance

• Rain dance lasts about 5 minutes• When Dr. Leakey heard that Jane saw

chimps using tools he said, "Now we have to redefine tools, redefine man, or include chimps as humans.

Picture of the rain dance

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Adult

What is Jane Goodall doing now?

• Is probably on an airplane

• Dr. Jane spends most of her time telling people about conservation and acting to help the world

• She gives lots of lectures, visiting schools and going to community groups and meeting young people involved in her Roots & Shoots global youth program

• She doesn't have very much time in Gombe Stream Reserve

• When she does have a chance there, that time is special to her

Adult

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LKyrLFyOi04

Jane Goodall Institute (JGI)• 1977 founded the institute

• Works with chimp sanctuaries in different parts of Africa

• Orphaned chimps live in sanctuaries and they have freedom (trained keepers take care of them)

• Sanctuaries hire local people as keepers, guards, and teachers

• Go to the local vendors and buy fruit and veggies to feed the chimps

• They try to include the community to help save the chimps

Jane Goodall Institute ( JGI) (continued) • At one sanctuary, JGI is building a

small health center for villagers

• All sanctuaries have educational centers to help the local people (mostly children) learn more about chimps

A bit more about JGIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sLoQRWB7AHM

Jane's exploration

• Deeper knowledge about chimps

• What they do

• What they eat

• People now want to save them not kill them and they help Jane do that

• Includes pre-school- college

• Lets students participate in projects that help people, animals, and wildlife

• More than 6,000 Roots and Shoots

• All 50 U.S states

• 97 countries worldwide

Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WkqMERnwXk

Quote

"You get to choose: do you want to use your life to try to make the world a better place for humans and animals and the environment? Or not?" It's all up to you. Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world. They are changing it already.” -Jane Goodall

How is Jane Goodall smart?• Word (Yes)=Because when she gives speeches or when

she writes books she always gives details she always tells what she does when she's watching the chimps

• Sport/ Moving (Yes)=Because she has to walk to get to where the chimps are and in order to study chimps, and she inherited her dad's "constitution" • Math/ Science (No)

=Because when she was a little girl she wasn't

How is Jane Goodall smartinterested in math.She was more interested in animals. She wanted to study them since she was a little girl and so she studied chimps.

• Self (Yes) = She knows what she feels like and what she likes and dislikes = She wanted to study African animals

since she was a child

How is Jane Goodall smart?• Music (No)=Because as a little girl she never played an

instrument = She wasn't into music.

• People (Yes)= Talk to many people and she is not very shy= She might be, but she doesn't show it

• Nature (Yes) = Likes to be outside as much as she could= Liked to collect things for "museums" (When she was little)

Jane is a true explorer?• Motivated (Yes)= She's motivated because she never gives

up =She's also not giving up on telling people

that chimps are being threatened

• Perseverance (Yes)= She has perseverance because when she

did something wrong she always tries again

= For example, Jane sat there in the jungle watching a chimp war for four years

• Determination (Yes)= She's determined because she was

excited to

Jane is a true explorer?figure out what the chimps were doing

what they eat and all that

• Patience (Yes)= She's patient because she's never in a

rush = She knows that it takes time for a chimp

to get use to her

• Took risks (Yes)= She's never scared of the chimps where

she was staying, because the chimps could have eaten her

= She could sleep out in the peaks with the chimps

Jane is a true explorer

• Endurance (Yes)= She spent 5 hours in a hen house ( I

mean seriously!!!) when she was 5. = She could go for a day without food

and water

Closure

Closure (CFU) 1. When was Jane born and where?2. At what age did she leave England to go to Africa?3. What got her inspired to go to Africa?4. What does Jane do now?5. Who gave her the opportunity to live her dream?6. Name 2 things that Jane discovered.7. What is the most important thing that Jane's

discoveries lead to?8. What is one way that Jane is smart and not smart?9. Name 2 ways that tell you that Jane is a true

explorer.

Closure (CFU) 1.April 3, 1934, and in London2.At age 263.Reading Tarzan of the Apes and Dr.

Doolittle4.She goes around the world telling

people about conservation and how they can act to help save the world.

5.Dr. Louis Leakey gave the opportunity to live her dream.

6. Chimps eat meat

• use twigs to get termites out of termite mounds

• "dance" when rain or lightning storms start

Closure (CFU) • chewed leaves and then stuck them

where there was water, but they couldn't reach it/ they made sponges.

7. People now want to save the chimps not kill them.

8. Word. Sport/ Moving. Self. People. Nature. Math/Science. Music.

9. Motivated, Perseverance, Courage, Determination, Patience, Endurance, and she Took risks.

Sources

Sources (Websites)• http://www.janegoodall.org

• http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/janegoodall/janegoodall.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall

• http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/janegoodall.html

• http://www.janegoodall.org/jane

• http://www.janegoodall.org/

• http://www.biography.com/people/jane-goodall-9542363

• http://www.notablebiographies.com/Gi-He/Goodall-Jane.html#b

• http://www.squidoo.com/search/results?q=Jane+Goodall#q=Jane+Goodall

• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/jane-goodall/

Sources (Books/Videos)

1. Jane Goodall- Finding Hope in the Wilds of Africa By Diana Briscoe

2.My Life with the Chimpanzees By Jane Goodall

1. Jane's Journey- Animal Planet2. Jane Goodall: My Life with

Chimpanzees- National Geographic Society