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.