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 13 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: Memorial Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Cinco de Mayo, Eid al-Fitr
Federal holidayHeritage celebration
2.Sort each one: Federal holiday or Heritage celebration?
Sort: Labor Day, Nowruz, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving Day
Federal holidayHeritage celebration
3.Sort each one: Federal holiday or Heritage celebration?
Sort: Día de los Muertos, Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day), Independence Day, July 4, Diwali
Federal holidayHeritage celebration
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.3-5 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Federal Holiday or Heritage Celebration?
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Cinco de Mayo — Heritage celebration 2. Eid al-Fitr — Heritage celebration 3. Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Federal holiday 4. Memorial Day — Federal holiday
2.1. Hanukkah — Heritage celebration 2. Labor Day — Federal holiday 3. Nowruz — Heritage celebration 4. Thanksgiving Day — Federal holiday
3.1. Día de los Muertos — Heritage celebration 2. Diwali — Heritage celebration 3. Independence Day, July 4 — Federal holiday 4. Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) — Federal holiday
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.7.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.