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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.
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Juneteenth
  • Christmas Day
  • A.A Christian holiday that is also a federal holiday
  • B.A civil rights leader who led nonviolent protests
  • C.June 19, 1865, when news of freedom reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas
  • D.Giving thanks, made a yearly national day by Lincoln in 1863
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Veterans Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Columbus Day
  • A.The adoption of the Declaration of Independence
  • B.Everyone who has served in the armed forces
  • C.American workers and the labor movement
  • D.Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the Americas

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Answer key — What Each National Holiday Honors

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Thanksgiving Day — D (Giving thanks, made a yearly national day by Lincoln in 1863) 2. Martin Luther King Jr. Day — B (A civil rights leader who led nonviolent protests) 3. Juneteenth — C (June 19, 1865, when news of freedom reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas) 4. Christmas Day — A (A Christian holiday that is also a federal holiday)
  2. 2.1. Veterans Day — B (Everyone who has served in the armed forces) 2. Independence Day — A (The adoption of the Declaration of Independence) 3. Labor Day — C (American workers and the labor movement) 4. Columbus Day — D (Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the Americas)

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