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Jane Goodall Lesson Plans
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Students discover primate lifestyles by researching Jane Goodall. In this animal life lesson plan, students discuss the meaning of alpha male, great apes, kin selection, and other primate related terms. Students read about Jane Goodall's progress in the scientific world and create a Venn Diagram comparing humans and chimps.
Students read Appleseeds magazine. In this magazine reading lesson plan, students participate in reading comprehension activities as they read about Jane Goodall and her work with primates. They answer discussion questions, study associated vocabulary, and complete research.
Students study the life of Jane Goodall and how she made an impact studying chimpanzees. In this endangered species lesson plan students write in their journals.
In this creative lesson from Scientific American, students learn in detail about the social network of chimpanzees based on Jane Goodall's research. This is also an excellent activity for graph and diagram work.
Young scholars read about Jane Goodall and complete discussion questions after they read about her. For this Jane Goodall lesson plan, students discuss questions as a group or write answers individually.
Students delve into the life and work of Jane Goodall through the five lessons of this unit. Opportunities to experience authentic life skills such as observation of wildlife, and experimentation are experienced as students study the characteristics of monkeys.
Learners participate in a guided reading lesson with the teacher. In this guided reading lesson, students read Jane Goodall: Living with the Chimpanzees. Learners increase their literacy and practice reading strategies.
Sixth graders read and summarize the short article "Watching in the Wild" about Jane Goodall. They discuss the process of marking up the text and read the scoring guide for summarizing the text. Students then read the text and write a short summary of the article.
Students explore the work of Jane Goodall. In this advocacy lesson, students investigate the life and work of Jane Goodall. Students examine her work as an animal advocate and explore their own personal advocacy styles.
Pupils watch a video about Jane Goodall. In this Jane Goodall lesson plan, students fill in a kwl chart and watch a video about Jane Goodall's work with primates and fill out a worksheet on what they learned.
