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“ When I was 10 years old and I said …
Dr. Jane Goodall was the first person to study chimpanzees in the wild! She learned many new things about chimpanzees.
It All Started with Reading
Jane loved to read. Two books Jane read as a child led her to dream of going to Africa. What are the names of these books? Circle every other letter.
DQRWDLONOP LSIVTYTNLME
TBAKRLZ JAWNC
Look for these books in your local library and discover what young Jane found so interesting about them.
Standards Link: Language Arts: Follow simple written directions.
Jane kept dreaming. And then worked hard to make her dream come true.
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… everybody laughed at me. Girls couldn’ t dream of doing that.”
Arriving in Africa
In July 1960, at the age of 26, Jane was finally able to travel to Africa. She got a job studying chimpanzees in the country highlighted on the map.
Use the code to discover the country’ s name.
Naming the Animals
Before Jane, chimps were each given a number. Jane was different. She gave the chimps names based on their appearance or personalities. For example, she named the chimpanzee that first approached her David Greybeard because he had a gray chin.
Use the letters found on each correct path to discover the name Jane gave each chimpanzee.
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