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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.
  • Columbus Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • New Year's Day
  • A.Everyone who has served in the armed forces
  • B.Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the Americas
  • C.A civil rights leader who led nonviolent protests
  • D.The first day of the calendar year
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Indigenous Peoples' Day (many states and cities)
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Juneteenth
  • Independence Day
  • A.June 19, 1865, when news of freedom reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas
  • B.The adoption of the Declaration of Independence
  • C.The histories and cultures of Native peoples
  • D.Giving thanks, made a yearly national day by Lincoln in 1863

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Answer key — What Each National Holiday Honors

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Columbus Day — B (Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the Americas) 2. Veterans Day — A (Everyone who has served in the armed forces) 3. Martin Luther King Jr. Day — C (A civil rights leader who led nonviolent protests) 4. New Year's Day — D (The first day of the calendar year)
  2. 2.1. Indigenous Peoples' Day (many states and cities) — C (The histories and cultures of Native peoples) 2. Thanksgiving Day — D (Giving thanks, made a yearly national day by Lincoln in 1863) 3. Juneteenth — A (June 19, 1865, when news of freedom reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas) 4. Independence Day — B (The adoption of the Declaration of Independence)

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