← Back to the article

Reading level

Small Whale · Reading worksheet

Lists of school shootings in the United States

High school (ages 12+)
Safety & Emergency

Name:

Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/lists-of-school-shootings-in-the-united-states

Step 2 · Questions

1. What does the article say about when school shootings happened in the U.S.?
2. Where have school shootings taken place according to the article?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

School Shooting
Death Toll
Prevention Strategies

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

1.

2.

Answer key (teacher copy)

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What does the article say about when school shootings happened in the U.S.?School shootings are grouped into two time periods: those that happened before the year 2000 and those from 2000 to now.
2. Where have school shootings taken place according to the article?They have occurred in many places, from busy cities to quiet rural areas across the country.

School Shooting: An act of violence involving the discharge of a firearm on the grounds of an educational institution.
Death Toll: The total number of individuals who have died as a direct result of a specific incident.
Prevention Strategies: Proactive measures and policies implemented to avert or mitigate the occurrence of school violence.