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: Moved to Canada, then to Boston, Made the first telephone call to Thomas Watson, Changed how people live every day, Sold newspapers on trains as a boy, Made a long-lasting light bulb in 1879

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

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

Sort: Was an inventor, Built an early power station in New York City, Taught deaf students in Boston, Got a patent for the telephone in 1876, Was born in Ohio

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

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

Sort: Was born in 1847, Had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Was born in Scotland, Had a wife, Mabel, who was deaf, Made the phonograph to record sound

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

LessonPrint · D2.His.3.K-2 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Bell, Edison or Both?

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Changed how people live every day — Both 2. Made a long-lasting light bulb in 1879 — Thomas Edison 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
2.1. Built an early power station in New York City — Thomas Edison 2. Got a patent for the telephone in 1876 — Alexander Graham Bell 3. Taught deaf students in Boston — Alexander Graham Bell 4. Was an inventor — Both 5. Was born in Ohio — Thomas Edison
3.1. Had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey — Thomas Edison 2. Had a wife, Mabel, who was deaf — Alexander Graham Bell 3. Made the phonograph to record sound — Thomas Edison 4. Was born in 1847 — Both 5. Was born in Scotland — Alexander Graham Bell

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