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: Made the first telephone call to Thomas Watson, Got a patent for the telephone in 1876, Made the phonograph to record sound, Was born in 1847, Sold newspapers on trains as a boy

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

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

Sort: Got patents for inventions, Moved to Canada, then to Boston, Taught deaf students in Boston, Made a long-lasting light bulb in 1879, Built an early power station in New York City

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

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

Sort: Worked on machines that use sound, Had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Had a wife, Mabel, who was deaf, Was born in Scotland, Was born in Ohio

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

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Answer key — Bell, Edison or Both?

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Got a patent for the telephone in 1876 — Alexander Graham Bell 2. Made the first telephone call to Thomas Watson — Alexander Graham Bell 3. Made the phonograph to record sound — Thomas Edison 4. Sold newspapers on trains as a boy — Thomas Edison 5. Was born in 1847 — Both
2.1. Built an early power station in New York City — Thomas Edison 2. Got patents for inventions — Both 3. Made a long-lasting light bulb in 1879 — Thomas Edison 4. Moved to Canada, then to Boston — Alexander Graham Bell 5. Taught deaf students in Boston — Alexander Graham Bell
3.1. Had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey — Thomas Edison 2. Had a wife, Mabel, who was deaf — Alexander Graham Bell 3. Was born in Ohio — Thomas Edison 4. Was born in Scotland — 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.