Christi Lenz MEDT 6463 University of West Georgia Do the
Dewey
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Doing the Dewey with our friends This presentation is geared
towards upper elementary through middle schools students in grades
4-8. This presentation is designed to be an introduction to who
Melvil Dewey is and his creation of the Dewey Decimal System.
Through this presentation the students will have the opportunity to
navigate and explore the power point on their own, allowing for
discovery and practice at each students individual pace. Each
student will participate in a Pre and Post test to determine their
level of understanding.
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Pre Test Please record your answers on the score sheet
provided.
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Who is Melvil Dewey This is not Melvil Dewey but he does a
great impression of him with his Dewey Decimal Rap. Click the
picture to see the rap song on You-Tube. This is Melvil Dewey Click
here to learn more about Mr. Dewey
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What is the Dewey Decimal Classification System The Dewey
Decimal Classification System is a system that organizes nonfiction
books by subject matter. Books are assigned numbers from 001 to 999
and are arranged on the shelves by these numbers. This number is
referred to as the books call number. The Dewey Decimal
Classification System is the most widely used classification system
in the world. Libraries in more than 135 countries use the Dewey
Decimal Classification System and it has been translated into over
thirty languages.
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What does this look like on a book? Traditional Call Number
Example Simplified Call Number Author Subject Dewey Decimal Number
Publication Date Author Dewey Decimal Number
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000 Generalities 100 Philosophy and Psychology 200 Religion 300
Social Science 400 Language 500 Natural Science and Mathematics 600
Technology (Applied Sciences) 700 Arts 800 Literature 900 Geography
and History Click here for a fun story to help you remember the
numbers.
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OOO Generalities Generalities include: 010 Bibliography 020
Library & information science 030 Encyclopedias 040 Not Used
050 Serial Publications 060 Organizations 070 Journalism &
media 080 General collections 090 Manuscripts and rare books
Encyclopedia Click here to review this book.
200 Religion Religion includes: 210 Philosophy & theory 220
Bible 230 Christianity 240 Christian theology 250 Christian orders
& churches 260 Social theology 270 History of Christianity 280
Christian denominations 290 Comparative & other religions
Christianity Comparative & Other religions
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300 Social Sciences Social Sciences include: 310 Statistics 320
Political science 330 Economics 340 Law 350 Public administration
& military science 360 Social programs & services 370
Education 380 Commerce 390 Customs, etiquette, folklore Laws Fairy
Tales
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400 Languages Languages include: 410 Linguistics 420 English
& Old English 430 Germanic 440 French 450 Italian, Romanian,
Rhaeto-Romanic 460 Spanish & Portuguese 470 Latin 480 Greek 490
Other languages
600 Applied Sciences Applied Sciences include: 610 Medicine 620
Engineering 630 Agriculture 640 Home economics/cooking 650
Management 660 Chemical engineering 670 Manufacturing 680
Manufacture for specific use 690 Building Cooking Medicine Click
here to review this book.
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700 Arts & Recreation Arts & Recreation includes: 710
Civic & landscape art 720 Architecture 730 Plastic arts
(sculpture) 740 Drawing & decorative art 750 Painting 760
Graphic arts 770 Photography 780 Music 790 Recreation, performing
arts, sports Music Drawing
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800 Literature Literature includes: 810 American 820 English
& Old Eng 830 Germanic 840 French 850 Italian, Romanian 860
Spanish, Portuguese 870 Latin 880 Greek 890 Other literatures
Poetry Plays Click here to review this book.
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900 History, Geography & Biography History, Geography &
Biography include: 910 Geography, travel 920 Biography, genealogy,
insignia 930 Ancient world 940 Europe 950 Asia 960 Africa 970 North
America 980 South America 990 Other areas History Biography
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Time for practice! Dewey Hangman Dewey Matching Game Dewey
Crossword Concentration Bug Match Click on the links above to
practice the skills you have learned.
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Post Test Please record your answers on the score sheet
provided.
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