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: Was born in Ohio, Was an inventor, Was born in Scotland, Made the phonograph to record sound, Had a wife, Mabel, who was deaf

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

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

Sort: Had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Moved to Canada, then to Boston, Sold newspapers on trains as a boy, Changed how people live every day, Made the first telephone call to Thomas Watson

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, Worked on machines that use sound, Made a long-lasting light bulb in 1879, Got a patent for the telephone in 1876, Taught deaf students in Boston

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

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

Answer key — Bell, Edison or Both?

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

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