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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 12 of 15

Holidays & Celebrations

Why we celebrate special days

What your child practices

Where community, state and national holidays come from (Independence Day, Constitution Day, Veterans Day, Texas Independence Day, San Jacinto Day, Juneteenth and others) and how people celebrate them.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 1.1(A); 1.1(B) · the origins of holidays of the community, state and nation, and how they are celebrated

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Holidays help us remember people and events.
  2. Juneteenth is June 19. It marks the end of slavery.
  3. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks.

Example: Juneteenth is on… The name joins June and nineteenth. Answer: June 19

Holidays & Celebrations in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 12 of 15 in 1st grade Social Studies, after People Who Made a Difference and before Texas on the Map.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Martin Luther King Jr. Day honors a leader who worked for…

    • bigger schools
    • equal rights
    • more cars
    • faster trains

  2. Question 2

    Thanksgiving is a day to…

    • give thanks
    • play tricks
    • plant trees
    • give gifts

  3. Question 3

    On Independence Day, many families…

    • build snowmen
    • watch fireworks
    • carve pumpkins
    • hunt for eggs

  4. Question 4

    How do many people show respect on Veterans Day?

    • throw a party for pets
    • stay in bed
    • skip school
    • thank veterans

  5. Question 5

    Independence Day remembers when the Declaration of Independence…

    • was adopted in 1776
    • was hidden
    • was lost
    • was painted

  6. Question 6

    Which holiday began in Texas and is now a national holiday?

    • Juneteenth
    • Memorial Day
    • Thanksgiving
    • Presidents' Day

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