Engage Students With a Historical Earthquake Activity Sheet

Take your students back in time to one of the most famous natural disasters in U.S. history with this engaging earthquake activity sheet pack for second grade. Centered around the San Francisco earthquake, this printable reading comprehension set helps students explore what happened during the disaster, what caused it, and how people responded.

Each earthquake activity sheet in this resource is designed to build reading comprehension, knowledge of natural disasters, and understanding of a major historical event.

Explore History with a San Francisco Earthquake Activity Pack

This printable San Francisco earthquake activity pack includes an easy-to-read passage that introduces second graders to the 1906 earthquake in student-friendly language. Alongside the passage, you’ll find worksheets that encourage students to identify facts vs. opinions, sort key information, and answer comprehension questions based on the text.

The worksheets included are:

• San Francisco Earthquake Reading Passage
• Earthquake Comprehension Test
• San Francisco Earthquake Written Response Comprehension Sheet
• Earthquake Fact and Opinion Sort
• Earthquake Fact Categorization Worksheet

Download Your Earthquake Worksheets 

This resource pack includes all components in a ready-to-use earthquake worksheets PDF. With five different activities—reading passage, fact vs. opinion worksheet, comprehension quiz, fact sorting activity, and a written response page—you’ll have everything you need for a week’s worth of engaging instruction.

This resource is available in both PDF and Google Slides formats if edits are needed prior to using.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and Teach Starter Collaborator.

Extend Learning With More Earthquake Activities

This printable set of earthquake activities supports science and ELA standards while making complex content approachable and engaging for young learners. We recommend pairing this resource with these amazing Natural Disaster activities as well!