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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.

The Order That Began Decoration Day

From General Order No. 11, by General John A. Logan, May 5, 1868. It set aside Decoration Day, which later became Memorial Day. (A note for this worksheet: "the late rebellion" means the Civil War.) The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet church-yard in the land.

  1. 1. What were people asked to put on the graves?
  2. 2. Why was the order written?
  3. 3. Whose graves was the day for?
2.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. What is the official name of the February holiday?
  2. 2. Is Presidents' Day always on February 22? How do you know?
  3. 3. Which of these two holidays comes first in the year?

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Answer key — Documents Behind Our Holidays

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Flowers. 2. To set aside a day for decorating the graves of soldiers who died in the Civil War. 3. The graves of comrades who died in defense of their country.
  2. 2.1. Washington's Birthday. 2. No. It is kept on the third Monday in February. 3. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in January.

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