Federal Holiday or Heritage Celebration? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on telling national holidays from heritage celebrations, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.7.3-5. It prints 3 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.
Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Federal Holiday or Heritage Celebration?
D2.Geo.7.3-5
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Sort each day: a federal holiday set by national law, or a celebration kept by people of a heritage or faith.
1.Sort each one: Federal holiday or Heritage celebration?
Sort: Diwali, New Year's Day, Juneteenth, Nowruz
Federal holidayHeritage celebration
2.Sort each one: Federal holiday or Heritage celebration?
Sort: Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day), Memorial Day, St. Patrick's Day, Día de los Muertos
Federal holidayHeritage celebration
3.Sort each one: Federal holiday or Heritage celebration?
Sort: Thanksgiving Day, Hanukkah, Independence Day, July 4, Eid al-Fitr
Federal holidayHeritage celebration
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.3-5 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Federal Holiday or Heritage Celebration?
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Diwali — Heritage celebration 2. Juneteenth — Federal holiday 3. New Year's Day — Federal holiday 4. Nowruz — Heritage celebration
2.1. Día de los Muertos — Heritage celebration 2. Memorial Day — Federal holiday 3. St. Patrick's Day — Heritage celebration 4. Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) — Federal holiday
3.1. Eid al-Fitr — Heritage celebration 2. Hanukkah — Heritage celebration 3. Independence Day, July 4 — Federal holiday 4. Thanksgiving Day — Federal holiday
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.7.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.