Earthquakes

Themes: Hi-Lo, headlines, nonfiction, disasters, world events. Earthquakes are caused by shifts in the earth's plates. Shock waves from these events cause varying amounts of destruction based on their magnitude. Often, earthquakes incite other disasters as well, such as fires and tsunami. Read here about major earthquake calamities in San Francisco, Mexico City, Japan, Lisbon, and Haiti. This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's int...