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, Was born in Ohio, Made the phonograph to record sound, Had a wife, Mabel, who was deaf, Got patents for inventions

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

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

Sort: Built an early power station in New York City, Got a patent for the telephone in 1876, Was an inventor, Sold newspapers on trains as a boy, Taught deaf students in Boston

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

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

Sort: Was born in Scotland, Made a long-lasting light bulb in 1879, Had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Lived and worked in the United States, Made the first telephone call to Thomas Watson

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

LessonPrint · D2.His.3.K-2 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Bell, Edison or Both?

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

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