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Bell, Edison or Both? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on comparing the lives of two inventors, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.3.K-2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Bell, Edison or Both?

D2.His.3.K-2

NameDate

Sort each fact: Bell, Edison or both?

1.Sort each one: Alexander Graham Bell or Thomas Edison or Both?

Sort: Changed how people live every day, Got a patent for the telephone in 1876, Was born in Ohio, Made a long-lasting light bulb in 1879, Was born in Scotland

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth
2.Sort each one: Alexander Graham Bell or Thomas Edison or Both?

Sort: Made the first telephone call to Thomas Watson, Sold newspapers on trains as a boy, Had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Moved to Canada, then to Boston, Lived and worked in the United States

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth
3.Sort each one: Alexander Graham Bell or Thomas Edison or Both?

Sort: Built an early power station in New York City, Made the phonograph to record sound, Had a wife, Mabel, who was deaf, Taught deaf students in Boston, Worked on machines that use sound

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

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Answer key — Bell, Edison or Both?

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Changed how people live every day — Both 2. Got a patent for the telephone in 1876 — Alexander Graham Bell 3. Made a long-lasting light bulb in 1879 — Thomas Edison 4. Was born in Ohio — Thomas Edison 5. Was born in Scotland — Alexander Graham Bell
  2. 2.1. Had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey — Thomas Edison 2. Lived and worked in the United States — Both 3. Made the first telephone call to Thomas Watson — Alexander Graham Bell 4. Moved to Canada, then to Boston — Alexander Graham Bell 5. Sold newspapers on trains as a boy — Thomas Edison
  3. 3.1. Built an early power station in New York City — Thomas Edison 2. Had a wife, Mabel, who was deaf — Alexander Graham Bell 3. Made the phonograph to record sound — Thomas Edison 4. Taught deaf students in Boston — Alexander Graham Bell 5. Worked on machines that use sound — Both

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.3.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.