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Inventions That Changed Communities is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how an invention changed work and life, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.13.3-5. It prints 2 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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Inventions That Changed Communities

D2.Eco.13.3-5

NameDate

Draw a line from each invention to the change it made.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Bell's telephone, 1876
  • McCormick's reaper, 1831
  • Edison's electric light bulb, 1879
  • Fulton's steamboat, 1807
  • A.Farmers harvested much more grain with fewer workers
  • B.People could talk to each other over long distances
  • C.Homes and streets could be lit without flames
  • D.Boats could travel upriver against the current
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Daguerre's photographs, 1839
  • The Wright brothers' airplane, 1903
  • Carver's farming research, early 1900s
  • Salk's polio vaccine, 1955
  • A.Southern farmers learned to rotate crops like peanuts to restore the soil
  • B.Children were protected from a disease that could leave them unable to walk
  • C.People could travel by powered flight
  • D.Families could keep true pictures of people for the first time

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Answer key — Inventions That Changed Communities

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  1. 1.1. Bell's telephone, 1876 — B (People could talk to each other over long distances) 2. McCormick's reaper, 1831 — A (Farmers harvested much more grain with fewer workers) 3. Edison's electric light bulb, 1879 — C (Homes and streets could be lit without flames) 4. Fulton's steamboat, 1807 — D (Boats could travel upriver against the current)
  2. 2.1. Daguerre's photographs, 1839 — D (Families could keep true pictures of people for the first time) 2. The Wright brothers' airplane, 1903 — C (People could travel by powered flight) 3. Carver's farming research, early 1900s — A (Southern farmers learned to rotate crops like peanuts to restore the soil) 4. Salk's polio vaccine, 1955 — B (Children were protected from a disease that could leave them unable to walk)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.13.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.