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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.

General Order No. 3

From General Order No. 3, read by Major General Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. June 19 is remembered as Juneteenth, a federal holiday since 2021. The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages.

  1. 1. Where was the order read, and on what date?
  2. 2. Since when has Juneteenth been a federal holiday?
  3. 3. What were the freedmen told to work for?
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. Why is Veterans Day kept on November 11?
  2. 2. In what year did Labor Day become a national holiday?
  3. 3. When is Labor Day?

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Answer key — Documents Behind Our Holidays

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  1. 1.1. In Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. 2. Since 2021. 3. Wages.
  2. 2.1. Because the fighting in World War I stopped on November 11, 1918. 2. In 1894. 3. The first Monday in September.

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