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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: Lived and worked in the United States, Sold newspapers on trains as a boy, Had a wife, Mabel, who was deaf, Made the phonograph to record sound, Made the first telephone call to Thomas Watson

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

Sort: Was born in Ohio, Taught deaf students in Boston, Made a long-lasting light bulb in 1879, Moved to Canada, then to Boston, Was an inventor

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

Sort: Got a patent for the telephone in 1876, Got patents for inventions, Had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Was born in Scotland, Built an early power station in New York City

Alexander Graham BellThomas EdisonBoth

LessonPrint · D2.His.3.K-2 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Bell, Edison or Both?

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

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