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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.

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. What was the day for?
  2. 2. Which day did Lincoln ask people to set apart?
  3. 3. Was the country at peace when Lincoln wrote this?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Labor Day and Veterans Day

An information text written for this worksheet. Labor Day is the first Monday in September. It honors working people. Labor Day became a national holiday in 1894. Veterans Day is November 11. It honors everyone who has served in the armed forces. It began as Armistice Day. The fighting in World War I stopped on November 11, 1918.

  1. 1. Who does Labor Day honor?
  2. 2. Who does Veterans Day honor?
  3. 3. Why is Veterans Day kept on November 11?

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Answer key — Documents Behind Our Holidays

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Thanksgiving and Praise. 2. The last Thursday of November. 3. No. He wrote it during the Civil War.
  2. 2.1. Working people. 2. Everyone who has served in the armed forces. 3. Because the fighting in World War I stopped on November 11, 1918.

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