1 People and Cultures

2 Capitalize people’s names and initials. Steve Carell Susan B. Anthony J. K. Rowling

3 Capitalize titles and abbreviations of titles that are used before names or in direct address. General Lee Sen. John Glenn Mrs. Adams

4 Capitalize abbreviations of some titles when they follow a name. Ann Sullivan, D.D.S. Brian Pollack, Ph.D. Anthony Maglione, Jr.

5 Capitalize titles of heads of state, royalty, or nobility only when they are used before persons’ names or in place of persons’ names. Queen Elizabeth Princess Diana

6 Do not capitalize these titles when they are used without proper names or after names. Clark himself was later promoted to captain. Thomas Jefferson, then president, planned the expedition.

7 Capitalize words indicating family relationships only when they are used as names or before names. Aunt Maggie He was accompanied by Uncle Bill Grandma Scott

8 Do not capitalize a family- relationship word when it follows a person’s name or is used without a proper name. John, my cousin, will join the game.

9 Always capitalize the pronoun I. English is the subject I like.

10 Capitalize the names of religions, sacred days, sacred writings, and deities. Religions – Judaism, Muslim Days – Rosh Hashanah, Christmas Writings – Bible, Torah, Koran Deities – God, Allah

11 Do not capitalize the words god and goddess when they refer to gods of ancient mythology. The ancient Olympic Games honored the Greek god Zeus.

12 Capitalize the names of nationalities, languages, races, and most ethnic groups, as well as adjectives formed from these names. African American Native American French

PRACTICE & APPLY What words (if any) should be capitalized in the following sentences? 13

14 1.When i was in sixth grade, my class studied the history of ancient Olympic Games. 2.My teacher, mr. jones, assigned the books The Olympic Games by Theodore knight and Olympic Games in Ancient Greece by Shirley glubok and Alfred tamarin.

15 3.Knight tells of a legendary event that is considered the start of the first olympics. 4.According to legend, king penomaus offered princess hippodamia’s hand in matrimony to the man who could find her and escape in a chariot while being pursued by the king.

16 5.After 13 men failed in their attempt to defeat oenomaus, prince pelops determined he would beat the king. 6.Somehow while pelops escaped with the princess, the axle in the king’s chariot broke.

17 7.Pelops defeated the king and married hippodamia. 8.To celebrate his victory, the prince ordered a feast and gave thanks to the god zeus.