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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: Taught deaf students in Boston, Made the phonograph to record sound, Had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Had a wife, Mabel, who was deaf, Lived and worked in the United States

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

Sort: Made a long-lasting light bulb in 1879, Sold newspapers on trains as a boy, Was born in Scotland, Got patents for inventions, Got a patent for the telephone in 1876

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

Sort: Was born in Ohio, Moved to Canada, then to Boston, Made the first telephone call to Thomas Watson, Worked on machines that use sound, Built an early power station in New York City

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

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Answer key — Bell, Edison or Both?

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

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