Skip to content
LessonPrint

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 23 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

Next set

One paper per student

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425

Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Holiday Proclamations

D2.His.11.3-5

NameDate

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. 1. Whose graves were to be decorated?
  2. 2. Who issued the order, and when?
  3. 3. Where did the bodies of the dead lie, according to the order?
  4. 4. Whose graves does the order not mention?
2.Why do leaders issue holiday proclamations?
  • A.To end a war
  • B.To raise taxes
  • C.To set a day apart and explain why it matters
3.Which is a primary source about Juneteenth?
  • A.General Order No. 3, read in Galveston in 1865
  • B.A textbook chapter written in 2021
  • C.A modern encyclopedia article
4.Which amendment ended slavery throughout the whole country in 1865?
  • A.The 1st Amendment
  • B.The 19th Amendment
  • C.The 13th Amendment
5.Who usually issues a proclamation for a national holiday today?
  • A.The President
  • B.A city mayor
  • C.The Chief Justice

LessonPrint · D2.His.11.3-5 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Holiday Proclamations

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion. 2. General John A. Logan, on May 5, 1868. 3. In almost every city, village, and hamlet church-yard in the land. 4. It does not mention the graves of Confederate soldiers; it speaks of comrades who died defending their country.
  2. 2.To set a day apart and explain why it matters
  3. 3.General Order No. 3, read in Galveston in 1865
  4. 4.The 13th Amendment
  5. 5.The President

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.11.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.