Swedish Industry Sort

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 to strengthen economic reasoning, geography connections, and classification skills by examining major Swedish industries. Students analyze a list of industries and sort each one into either natural resource-based or innovation-based categories, applying vocabulary knowledge, critical thinking, and an understanding of how geography and human activity shape economic development.

Skills Reinforced

• Economic Systems (Grades 4-6): Identify and classify industries based on resource dependence or technological innovation.
• Geography & Resources: Understand how Sweden’s forests, energy sources, and physical environment influence industrial development.
• Critical Thinking: Practice sorting, categorizing, and justifying decisions using logical reasoning.
• Content Vocabulary: Apply social studies and economics vocabulary accurately within a real-world context.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Developed to align with upper elementary social studies and ELA standards.
• Hands-On Thinking: Classification format encourages analysis rather than simple recall.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for classwork, homework, centers, review activities, or formative assessment.
• Supports Diverse Learners: Clear categories and focused task make the activity accessible while still challenging.

This printable worksheet helps students build a deeper understanding of how natural resources, geography, and innovation work together to shape a country’s economy. By sorting and evaluating industries, learners strengthen economic literacy, reasoning skills, and content-area vocabulary. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, it’s a no-prep resource that reinforces meaningful connections between geography and industry.

This worksheet is part of our Sweden Worksheets collection.