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 22 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: Kwanzaa, Veterans Day, Independence Day, July 4, St. Patrick's Day
Federal holidayHeritage celebration
2.Sort each one: Federal holiday or Heritage celebration?
Sort: Juneteenth, Lunar New Year, Labor Day, Nowruz
Federal holidayHeritage celebration
3.Sort each one: Federal holiday or Heritage celebration?
Sort: Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day), Memorial Day, Día de los Muertos, Eid al-Fitr
Federal holidayHeritage celebration
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.3-5 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Federal Holiday or Heritage Celebration?
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Independence Day, July 4 — Federal holiday 2. Kwanzaa — Heritage celebration 3. St. Patrick's Day — Heritage celebration 4. Veterans Day — Federal holiday
2.1. Juneteenth — Federal holiday 2. Labor Day — Federal holiday 3. Lunar New Year — Heritage celebration 4. Nowruz — Heritage celebration
3.1. Día de los Muertos — Heritage celebration 2. Eid al-Fitr — Heritage celebration 3. Memorial Day — 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.