Reading a Timeline: Life of Jane Goodall

Learn about the life and career of the groundbreaking primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall! In this worksheet, students will read a timeline of important events in Dr. Goodall’s life. They’ll answer questions about when certain events happened and what Dr. Goodall learned through her research. Then, they’ll think about the importance of learning about people like Dr. Jane Goodall. 

This worksheet for fourth and fifth graders is a good resource for practicing reading timelines. Students can see how timelines are used to clearly illustrate a sequence of historical events in a way that plain text cannot. They’ll also learn about an important woman in scientific history and the contributions she made to primatology and conservation. 

Learn about more inspiring women in The Star, Mae Jemison and Voices From the Past: Shirley Chisholm. To keep practicing with timelines, check out Reading a Timeline: Montgomery Bus Boycott and Reading a Timeline: Air Travel.