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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: Standing timber in a forest, Cranes on a cleared building site, A minister's experience of the House

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

Sort: A brickworks and its kilns, Clay in the ground for bricks, A bricklayer's trade, learned over years

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

Sort: An architect's training, Iron ore for the steel frames, The machine tools supplied by agreement

Human capitalPhysical capitalNatural resource

LessonPrint · D2.Eco.3.3-5 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Trades, Tools and Ground

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 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
  2. 2.1. A bricklayer's trade, learned over years — Human capital 2. A brickworks and its kilns — Physical capital 3. Clay in the ground for bricks — Natural resource
  3. 3.1. An architect's training — Human capital 2. Iron ore for the steel frames — Natural resource 3. The machine tools supplied by agreement — 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.