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 2 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: Nowruz, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, St. Patrick's Day
Federal holidayHeritage celebration
2.Sort each one: Federal holiday or Heritage celebration?
Sort: Veterans Day, Kwanzaa, Lunar New Year, Memorial Day
Federal holidayHeritage celebration
3.Sort each one: Federal holiday or Heritage celebration?
Sort: Independence Day, July 4, Thanksgiving Day, Diwali, Cinco de Mayo
Federal holidayHeritage celebration
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.3-5 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Federal Holiday or Heritage Celebration?
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Juneteenth — Federal holiday 2. Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Federal holiday 3. Nowruz — Heritage celebration 4. St. Patrick's Day — Heritage celebration
2.1. Kwanzaa — Heritage celebration 2. Lunar New Year — Heritage celebration 3. Memorial Day — Federal holiday 4. Veterans Day — Federal holiday
3.1. Cinco de Mayo — Heritage celebration 2. Diwali — 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.