Lesson+One-+Capitalizing+people+and+cultures


 * Welcome to lesson one: Capitalizing people and cultures**. In this lesson you will become a **detective** in order to uncover the truth about correctly capitalizing people's names and cultures. First, you need to read up on your **evidence**- the facts of the case are below, followed by examples:

__//**Clue 1.) Capitalize people's names and initials:**//__ //Michael Jordan, Edgar A. Poe//


 * __//Clue 2.) Capitalize titles and abbreviations of titles used before names//__** //(Dr. david Arnold)// **__//or used directly after names (Sarah Pines, Pd.D) //__**

//Sir Laurence Oliver, The Queen of England, the king is awesome//
 * __Clue 3.) Capitalize the titles of heads of state, royalty, or nobility only when their name is used as well. Do not capitalize the title if the person's name is not included.__**

//Aunt Grace, Unclue Jim, grandpa//
 * __Clue 4.) Capitalize the titles of family members, only when their names are used as well. Do not capitalize the title if the person's name is not included.__**

//Judaism, Christmas, Bible//
 * __Clue 5.) Capitalize the names of religions, sacred days, writings, and dieties.__**

//Mexican, Native American, Caucasian
 * __Clue 6.) Capitalize the names of nationalities, languages, races, and some ethnic groups.__**

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=Think you can handle it? Prove it!=