1. IN THE MIST
BY JANE GOODALL
ISABELLA

2. CHILDHOOD
I WAS BORN ON APRIL 3 1934
IN LONDON, ENGLAND.
MY DAD GAVE ME
A STUFFED CHIMPANZEE WHEN I WAS LITTLE.
MY FATHER WAS AN ENGINEER AND AUTO RACER
MY MOTHER WAS A NOVELIST
LATER MY SISTER JUDY WOULD GROW UP TO BE A
DOCTOR

3. CHILDHOOD
DIFFICULTIES
WORLD WAR II
DAD WENT TO FIGHT IN THE
WAR
MOTHER WENT INTO A
DEEP DEPRESSION
MOVED TO BOURNEMOUTH, ON THE SOUTH
COAST OF ENGLAND DURING WORLD WAR II
SISTER GOT VERY SICK
AFTER WORLD WAR II, DAD WAS VERY MOODY

4. EDUCATION
 Started elementary school at age 4
 When we moved to the coast we were home
schooled
 After World War II I went to high school
 My parents did not have the money to sent
me to college so I took the job as a therapist
with animals
 I met up with a friend who was working in
Kenya, I jumped at the chance of going to
Africa

5. AFRICA
 Living in Africa was very exciting for me
 I got a job in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya
 I met Dr. Louis Leakey, curator of the Natural
History Museum
 He offered me a job as his assistant.
 We did lots of work on the plains of the Serengeti,
looking for fossils of ancient humans

6. Jane and Dr. Louis Leakey

7. CHIMPANZEES
 Dr. Leakey talked to me about the Chimpanzees
 He wanted someone to study the Chimpanzees. He
wanted someone to study how chimps behave to
learn how early humans may have lived
 Someone would have to spend years alone in the
forest
 I was thrilled to take this job

8. RESEARCH - 1960
 Although I was not trained as a scientist, Dr. Leakey
felt I would have new ideas about what I was seeing
 We needed to raise money for my research. We
asked different groups for support. The Wilkie
Foundation in the US agreed to help.
 The local people worried about my mother and I.
They taught me about bush lore. Then the real
work started.

9. WATCHING THE
CHIMPS
 It took months for the chimps to get used to me
 I learned that they ate meat and made and used
tools
 Not everything was good, some things disturbed
me. (violent, territorial, killing baby chimps)
 Chimps display human behavior – hugs, kisses,
playing games, even tickling
 They also like to groom each other

10. GOMBE
“Avant je suis allé à Gombe,
j'ai dû apprendre le français
couramment pour
communiquer avec tous les
chercheurs sur la Gombe.”
Before I went to Gombe I had to learn
French fluently to communicate with all the
researchers on Gombe.

11. Meeting the Chimps

12. Protecting Chimpanzees
 Protecting their habitat
 Stop the killing of chimps for meat and fur trade
 Identifying dangers the chimps face
 Improving conditions for captive chimpanzees in
zoos

13. HOW I HELPED
CHANGE THE WORLD
 Many thought I could not do a real scientific study
 I kept my records properly so that others could
check it
 My reports were more like stories – I gave the
chimps names instead of numbers
 I needed a new sponsor. The National Geographic
Society gave me enough money for another year
 After 1975, I began to travel and talk to many
groups

14. Learning from Chimps

15. FOUNDATION
 In 1977, I founded the Jane Goodall Institute for
Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation
(JGI)
 My other efforts included Roots and Shoots to
involve students from preschool to college
 There are over 6,000 Roots and Shoots groups in all 50
US states and nearly 90 countries

16. EXPLORER
 I am a Commander of the British Empire
 The president of Tanzania awarded me the
Kilamanjaro Medal
 In 2002, I was named as a United Nations
Messenger of Peace

17. CONCLUSION
 I believe every person makes a difference every day
 In the future I hope that my research will help new
scientists to to help the new generation of chimps

19. QUESTIONS?