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Social studies worksheet · Historical figures
Inventors and Their Inventions
Match 7 inventors to their inventions: Edison, Bell, the Wright brothers, Ben Franklin, George Washington Carver, Garrett Morgan and Mary Anderson.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–5
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Topic
- Historical figures
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Researching people from history, Biography, Cause and effect, Using sources
What kids do
“Draw a line from each inventor to what they invented.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Hundreds of ways to use peanuts
- A long-lasting light bulb (1879)
- The lightning rod and bifocal glasses
- The first airplane flight with a pilot (1903)
- The telephone (1876)
- A traffic signal that stops all cars (1923)
- Windshield wipers for cars (1903)
- If I could invent anything, I would invent…
Teacher tip
Ask kids what they would invent.
How to use it
- Read a picture book biography aloud before the sheet.
- Model finding facts in a book or a kid-safe website.
- Start with a quick question that connects the topic to kids’ own lives.
Watch for
Kids who copy whole sentences from a book. Teach them to write facts in their own words.
Talk about it
- What problem did this person see?
- What did you learn that surprised you?
Take it further
Hold a wax museum where kids dress up and share facts as their person.
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