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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.

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What Each National Holiday Honors

D2.Civ.8.3-5

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Draw a line from each holiday to what it honors.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Independence Day
  • Memorial Day
  • A.The adoption of the Declaration of Independence
  • B.Giving thanks, made a yearly national day by Lincoln in 1863
  • 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.
  • New Year's Day
  • Columbus Day
  • Labor Day
  • Christmas Day
  • A.A Christian holiday that is also a federal holiday
  • B.Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the Americas
  • C.American workers and the labor movement
  • D.The first day of the calendar year

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Answer key — What Each National Holiday Honors

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  1. 1.1. Martin Luther King Jr. Day — D (A civil rights leader who led nonviolent protests) 2. Thanksgiving Day — B (Giving thanks, made a yearly national day by Lincoln in 1863) 3. Independence Day — A (The adoption of the Declaration of Independence) 4. Memorial Day — C (Military members who died serving the nation)
  2. 2.1. New Year's Day — D (The first day of the calendar year) 2. Columbus Day — B (Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the Americas) 3. Labor Day — C (American workers and the labor movement) 4. Christmas Day — A (A Christian holiday that is also a federal holiday)

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