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Documents Behind Our Holidays is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on reading a holiday's document for why the day is kept, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.10.K-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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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Documents Behind Our Holidays

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Read each document or text, then answer the questions.

1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Two Winter Holidays

An information text written for this worksheet. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the third Monday in January. It honors Dr. King, who led peaceful protests so that all Americans would have equal rights. George Washington, the first president, was born on February 22, 1732. The federal holiday in his honor is called Washington's Birthday. Many people call it Presidents' Day. It is kept on the third Monday in February.

  1. 1. When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
  2. 2. Which of these two holidays comes first in the year?
  3. 3. Is Presidents' Day always on February 22? How do you know?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation

From a proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, October 3, 1863, during the Civil War. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.

  1. 1. Was the country at peace when Lincoln wrote this?
  2. 2. Which day did Lincoln ask people to set apart?
  3. 3. Was the day meant only for people at home? How do you know?

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Answer key — Documents Behind Our Holidays

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  1. 1.1. The third Monday in January. 2. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in January. 3. No. It is kept on the third Monday in February.
  2. 2.1. No. He wrote it during the Civil War. 2. The last Thursday of November. 3. No. Lincoln also invited those at sea and those sojourning in foreign lands.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.10.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.