Skip to content
LessonPrint

What Each National Holiday Honors is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on what each national holiday honors, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.8.3-5. It prints 2 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 10 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.

What Each National Holiday Honors

D2.Civ.8.3-5

NameDate

Draw a line from each holiday to what it honors.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth
  • A.June 19, 1865, when news of freedom reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas
  • B.The first day of the calendar year
  • C.Military members who died serving the nation
  • D.A civil rights leader who led nonviolent protests
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Veterans Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • A.American workers and the labor movement
  • B.The adoption of the Declaration of Independence
  • C.Everyone who has served in the armed forces
  • D.Giving thanks, made a yearly national day by Lincoln in 1863

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.8.3-5 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each National Holiday Honors

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. New Year's Day — B (The first day of the calendar year) 2. Martin Luther King Jr. Day — D (A civil rights leader who led nonviolent protests) 3. Memorial Day — C (Military members who died serving the nation) 4. Juneteenth — A (June 19, 1865, when news of freedom reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas)
  2. 2.1. Veterans Day — C (Everyone who has served in the armed forces) 2. Thanksgiving Day — D (Giving thanks, made a yearly national day by Lincoln in 1863) 3. Independence Day — B (The adoption of the Declaration of Independence) 4. Labor Day — A (American workers and the labor movement)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.8.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.