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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.

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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: Independence Day, July 4, Eid al-Fitr, Hanukkah, Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)

Federal holidayHeritage celebration
2.Sort each one: Federal holiday or Heritage celebration?

Sort: Nowruz, St. Patrick's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Labor Day

Federal holidayHeritage celebration
3.Sort each one: Federal holiday or Heritage celebration?

Sort: Thanksgiving Day, Kwanzaa, New Year's Day, Día de los Muertos

Federal holidayHeritage celebration

LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.3-5 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Federal Holiday or Heritage Celebration?

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Eid al-Fitr — Heritage celebration 2. Hanukkah — Heritage celebration 3. Independence Day, July 4 — Federal holiday 4. Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) — Federal holiday
  2. 2.1. Labor Day — Federal holiday 2. Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Federal holiday 3. Nowruz — Heritage celebration 4. St. Patrick's Day — Heritage celebration
  3. 3.1. Día de los Muertos — Heritage celebration 2. Kwanzaa — Heritage celebration 3. New Year's Day — 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.