Holiday Proclamations is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the audience and purpose of a holiday proclamation, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.11.3-5. It prints 5 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Read the source and answer the questions, then circle the right answers.
1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.
General Order No. 11
An extract from General Order No. 11, issued on May 5, 1868, by General John A. Logan, leader of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans of the Civil War.
The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet church-yard in the land.
1. Where did the bodies of the dead lie, according to the order?
2. Who was the intended audience of the order?
3. What does "the late rebellion" refer to?
4. Whose graves does the order not mention?
2.Decoration Day later became which holiday?
A.Memorial Day
B.Veterans Day
C.Labor Day
3.Which branch makes a day a federal holiday by passing a law?
A.Congress, the legislative branch
B.Each city government
C.The Supreme Court
4.Who usually issues a proclamation for a national holiday today?
A.The Chief Justice
B.The President
C.A city mayor
5.General Order No. 3 advised freed people to stay at their present homes. What did many do instead?
A.Left to search for family members sold away during slavery
B.Asked Granger to cancel the order
C.Sailed to Britain to live
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Answer key — Holiday Proclamations
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. In almost every city, village, and hamlet church-yard in the land. 2. Members of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union veterans. 3. The Civil War, which had recently ended. 4. It does not mention the graves of Confederate soldiers; it speaks of comrades who died defending their country.
2.Memorial Day
3.Congress, the legislative branch
4.The President
5.Left to search for family members sold away during slavery
Questions about Holiday Proclamations
What does the Holiday Proclamations worksheet cover?
It practices the audience and purpose of a holiday proclamation — 5 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D2.His.11.3-5: Work out who a source was made for and why, from the source itself. The instruction to students is “Read the source and answer the questions, then circle the right answers”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Holiday Proclamations practice?
D2.His.11.3-5, under History for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Infer the intended audience and purpose of a historical source from information within the source itself.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Holiday Proclamations is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.11.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Holiday Proclamations come with an answer key?
Yes. All 5 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Holiday Proclamations can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Holiday Proclamations free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Holiday Proclamations, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for D2.His.11.3-5
Work out who a source was made for and why, from the source itself.