3. 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
4.
5. 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
6. 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
7. Jane with Jubilee
She got him from her dad. It started her love for animals at
an early age.
8.
9. 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
10. How did Jane Goodall get to
observe she pulled the blinds and locked doors and
• Months later, chimpanzees? cont.
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
11.
12. 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"
16. 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 5that Jane saw chimps
When Dr. Leakey heard minutes
using tools he said, "Now we have to redefine
tools, redefine man, or include chimps as
humans.
19. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. A bit more about JGI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sLoQRWB7AHM
24. 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
25. • 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. How is Jane Goodall
smart
interested 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
30. 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
31. 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)
32. 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
33. 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
35. 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.
36. Closure (CFU)
1. April 3, 1934, and in London
2. At age 26
3. Reading Tarzan of the Apes and Dr. Doolittle
4. 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
37. 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.
40. 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 Planet
2. Jane Goodall: My Life with Chimpanzees-
National Geographic Society
