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.
Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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: Sand and gravel for concrete, A bricklayer's trade, learned over years, A brickworks and its kilns
Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
2.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?
Sort: A minister's experience of the House, Standing timber in a forest, Cranes on a cleared building site
Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
3.Sort each one: Human capital or Physical capital or Natural resource?
Sort: A council clerk's grasp of the waiting list, Iron ore for the steel frames, The homes already completed
Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.3.3-5 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Trades, Tools and Ground
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A bricklayer's trade, learned over years — Human capital 2. A brickworks and its kilns — Physical capital 3. Sand and gravel for concrete — Natural resource
2.1. A minister's experience of the House — Human capital 2. Cranes on a cleared building site — Physical capital 3. Standing timber in a forest — Natural resource
3.1. A council clerk's grasp of the waiting list — 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.