This Grade 2 social studies worksheet helps young learners sort famous American historical figures into inventors and movement leaders. Students decide whether people like Franklin, Edison, Bell, and the Wright Brothers built new things, or whether leaders like King, Parks, Anthony, and Chavez led movements for change. Fill-in-the-blank and true/false questions reinforce each figure's special contribution to American history and life in our country today.
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Historical Figures
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
Benjamin FranklinMartin Luther King Jr.Thomas EdisonRosa ParksWright BrothersSusan B. AnthonyAlexander Graham BellCesar Chavez
Invented Something
Led Movement
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb.
2. The Wright Brothers built the first flying airplane.
3. Martin Luther King Jr. led a movement for civil rights.
4. Rosa Parks would not give up her bus seat.
5. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod.
True False
2. Cesar Chavez invented the airplane.
True False
3. Susan B. Anthony led a movement for women to vote.
True False
4. Thomas Edison led the civil rights movement.
True False
Historical Figures
★ Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
Benjamin FranklinMartin Luther King Jr.Thomas EdisonRosa ParksWright BrothersSusan B. AnthonyAlexander Graham BellCesar Chavez
Invented Something
Led Movement
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb.
2) The Wright Brothers built the first flying airplane.
3) Martin Luther King Jr. led a movement for civil rights.
4) Rosa Parks would not give up her bus seat.
5) Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod.
True
False
2) Cesar Chavez invented the airplane.
True
False
3) Susan B. Anthony led a movement for women to vote.
True
False
4) Thomas Edison led the civil rights movement.
True
False
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