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TEACH ME HOW TO DEWEY!!!
Dewey Decimal System 101
Created by Melvil
Dewey, the Dewey
Decimal System uses
numbers to classify
books.
Most public and school
libraries use the Dewey
Decimal System today.
WHAT IS DEWEY?
(Maston, 2011)
FICTION EXAMPLE
The label with the Dewey
number can be found on
the spine of the book.
Fiction books have FIC
on the label and then the
first three letters of the
author’s last name.
(Harris, 2006)
NONFICTION EXAMPLE
For nonfiction books,
first comes the Dewey
number, and then the
first three letters of
the author’s last
name.(Hotta, Obata, & Umezawa, 2004)
Computer science,
information, general
works
This is a book
designed to help
students pass the
Computer Science AP
Exam
DEWEY 000-099
(Habibi, Fritz, Cutler, 2006)
Philosophy and
psychology
This book is about
dealing with anger.
DEWEY 100-199
(Licata,1991)
Religion
This book is called
American Religions
and it is about the
different religions in
our country.
DEWEY 200-299
(Melton, 2000)
Social sciences
This book called
Woman of the Ancient
World. It discusses
the roles of women.
DEWEY 300-399
(Brun,1976)
Language
This book is called
Using and
Understanding Maps:
Languages of the Word.
It helps people see
which languages are
spoken in which
countries of the world.
DEWEY 400-499
(Morris,1993)
Science
This book is called
Science’s Trickiest
Questions. It is
designed to make people
think differently about
certain issues in science.
DEWEY 500-599
(Kuttner, 1994)
Technology/Applied
science
This book is called The
Way Things Work. It
explains the mechanics
of certain machines and
science.
DEWEY 600-699
(Macaulay, 1988)
Arts and recreation
This book is called The
Harlem Renaissance,
and it details the
different artistic
mediums of the Harlem
Renaissance Movement.
DEWEY 700-799
(Chambers, 1998)
Literature
This book is designed
to help students pass the
AP English Language
and Composition Exam.
DEWEY 800-899
(Hartzell, 2012)
History and geography
This book is call Flags
of Our Fathers. It tells
about certain events in
WWII.
DEWEY 900-999
(Bradley & Powers, 2000)
NOW, WHAT AB OUT OUR MEDIA CENTER? DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO
F IND…
…the nonfiction section?
…the fiction section?
…the reference section?
…the story collections?
…the biographies?
MATERIALS IN OUR MEDIA CENTER
SCAVENGER HUNT
Get into groups of three
Use the call numbers on your handout to find the
books
Follow the directions to find the letter to make up
the secret word
First group that finishes wins, but there will be
prizes for second and third place as well.
Go!
TICKET OUT THE DOOR
Use the word bank to label your map.
This is an individual activity. No collaboration for
this one.
Pass in you paper when the bell rings.
REFERENCES
Bradley, J., & Powers, R. (2000). Flags of our fathers. New York, NY: Bantam Books.
Brun, H. J. (1976). The social studies student investigates women of the ancient
world. New York, NY: R. Rosen Press.
Common Core State Standards Initiative (2012). Writing grade 9-10. Retrieved
from http://www.corestandards.org/
Chambers, V. (1998). The harlem renaissance. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House.
Habibi, M., Fritz, M., & Cutler, R. (2006). Cracking the AP computer science A and
AB exams. New York, NY: Random House.
Harris, C. (2006). Definitely dead. New York, NY: Ace Books.
REFERENCES CONTINUED
Hartzell, R. A. (2012). Cracking the ap english language & composition exam. New York, NY:
Random House.
Hotta, Y., Obata, T., & Umezawa, Y. (2004). Hikaru no go. San Francisco, CA: Viz.
Kuttner, P. (1994). Science's trickiest questions: 402 questions that will stump, amuse, and
surprise. New York, NY: Henry Holt.
Licata, R. (1991). Everything you need to know about anger. New York, NY: Rosen Pub. Group.
Macaulay, D. (1988). The way things work. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
Maston, C. (2011, December 10). Happy birthday to melvil dewey. [web log comment].
Retrieved from https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-
Melton, J. G. (2000). American religions: An illustrated history. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Morris, S. E. (1993). Languages of the world. New York, NY: Chelsea House.
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