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Trades, Tools and Ground is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on human capital, physical capital and natural resources, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.3.3-5. 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 pupils 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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Trades, Tools and Ground

D2.Eco.3.3-5

NameDate

Sort each resource into its kind.

1.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?

Sort: A council clerk's grasp of the waiting list, Cranes on a cleared building site, Standing timber in a forest

Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
2.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?

Sort: Clay in the ground for bricks, An architect's training, A brickworks and its kilns

Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
3.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?

Sort: The homes already completed, Iron ore for the steel frames, A minister's experience of the House

Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource

LessonPrint · D2.Eco.3.3-5 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Trades, Tools and Ground

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A council clerk's grasp of the waiting list — Human capital 2. Cranes on a cleared building site — Physical capital 3. Standing timber in a forest — Natural resource
  2. 2.1. A brickworks and its kilns — Physical capital 2. An architect's training — Human capital 3. Clay in the ground for bricks — Natural resource
  3. 3.1. A minister's experience of the House — Human capital 2. Iron ore for the steel frames — Natural resource 3. The homes already completed — Physical capital

More practice for D2.Eco.3.3-5

Name the people, tools and natural materials it takes to make something.

Teaching this next? Trades, Tools and Ground is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.3.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.