Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents

Learning Objectives Identify the names of specific historical events, periods, and documents in sentences. Apply the correct capitalization rules to the names of historical events. Apply the correct capitalization rules to the names of historical periods. Apply the correct capitalization rules to the names of important historical documents. Differentiate between a general term (like 'war') and a specific historical name (like 'Civil War'). Edit sentences to correct capitalization errors for historical names. Have you ever heard of the Declaration of Independence or the Ice Age? 📜 These are special names from history, and just like your name, they need a capital letter! Today, we're going to become history detectives and learn the special rules for...

TermDefinitionExample CapitalizationUsing an uppercase letter (like A, B, C) at the beginning of a word.We capitalize the first word of a sentence and the names of people, like 'Maria'. Proper NounThe specific name of a person, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns are always capitalized.Instead of just 'girl', a proper noun is 'Sarah'. Instead of 'city', a proper noun is 'Paris'. Historical EventA specific, important thing that happened in the past. It's a proper noun.The Boston Tea Party was a famous historical event. Historical PeriodA specific block of time in history with a special name. It's a proper noun.Dinosaurs lived long before the Stone Age. Historical DocumentA specific, important piece of writing from the past. It&#03...

The Proper Noun Rule for History Capitalize the first letter of each important word in the name of a specific historical event, period, or document. Think of these names like the names of people. You wouldn't write 'john smith', you'd write 'John Smith'. In the same way, you write 'Revolutionary War', not 'revolutionary war'. The Small Words Exception Do not capitalize small words like 'a', 'an', 'the', 'of', 'in', 'and' unless they are the FIRST word of the name. In a name like 'the Bill of Rights', the words 'of' and 'the' are not capitalized because they are small connecting words and not the first word. In 'Declaration of Indepe...