Fourth of July Worksheets
The fourth of July is a holiday that celebrates the birth of the nation of the United States of America. The date is so because it is the same day the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence which was the document that declared Colonial America no longer on the rule of England. This was the result of seven-year war between colonists and England. The holiday is officially known as Independence Day. It is a national holiday and celebrated by most citizens of the United States in one way or another. This a national pride celebration that is often associated with the red, white, and blue of the American flag and fireworks. You will see frequent parades, fireworks displays, and outdoor picnics take place at this time. Below you will find a series of worksheets that look at various celebrations and vocabulary words that are related to the fourth of July.
Fun Worksheets:
Word Find - Find the words from the Word Box in the puzzle.
Handwriting - Trace in the sentence and color the flag as the sentence indicates.
Vocabulary - Put these Independence Day words in alphabetical order.
Poem - Write an acrostic poem about Independence Day. For each letter,
write words or phrases relating to Independence Day that begin with
the letter on that line.
Comic Strip - Create a comic strip that shows why we celebrate the
Fourth of July every year.
Trivia - We ask you a number of facts that are related to the celebration and events of the day.
Brain Chunks - How many words can you make out of the
letters that spell Independence Day? Write as
many words as you can on the lines below.
See What You Learned - We'll ask you a series of questions. This is great as a class starter to see what students know from the get go.
Language Arts Worksheets:
Writing Activity - Tell us about your past experience and what you expect to do this year.
Picture Sentences - Draw an object that represents Independence Day to you. Then
write five sentences about Independence Day.
The Liberty Bell - The Liberty Bell was purchased for the
Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia.
Once in place, though, when it was rung, it
made an awful sound. Then it cracked. The
bell was repaired, and cracked again, several
times, and it never did sound quite right.
Interesting Facts That Are Tied to Independence Day
This one holiday that has a few inaccuracies that are often looked over probably because everyone at the time was simply happy to free of British rule. It all starts with the date. We celebrate this holiday on the fourth day in July and we say that we are celebrating the ratification of Declaration of Independence. It was actually ratified two days early; the voting took place on July second. The actual Declaration papers were not published until the fourth. While we are on dates did you know that only two men (John Hancock and Charles Thompson) signed the actual document on July fourth? The remaining members of the Continental Congress signed over the course of the next two months. There are a total of fifty-six signers and their average age was forty-five years old. It took just under one-hundred years to declare Independence Day a national holiday.
Let's look at the fun stuff. Americans eat one hundred and fifty million hot dogs on the fourth of July. Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog holds an annual International Hot Eating Contest, where contestants have been known to eat seventy-five hot dogs in ten minutes. This accounts for nearly two percent of all the Hot Dogs that Americans will eat during the summer months. The contest takes place in Coney Island, New York. It has slowly becoming one of the must watch events on that day of the year.
Annually Americans spend well over a billion dollars on fireworks. Forty percent of the annual sales take place in the three weeks leading up to the fourth. Also, seventy percent of firework injuries occur during this time.