Dewey Decimal System

Organizing library materials

This presentation is designed for 3rd-5th graders…

To introduce students to the Dewey system and to encourage students to search for library resources independently.

Created by Mary Elfers MEDT 6463 Spring, 2012

Melvil Dewey (1851-1931)Inventor of the Dewey Decimal

SystemGrouping books by subjectsKeeps similar books together10 general groups

10 Classification Groups

000 – General Works100 – Philosophy & Psychology200 – Religion300 – Social Sciences400 – Language500 – Science600 – Technology700 – Arts & Recreation800 – Literature900 – History & Geography

Call NumbersEach book has a number written

on a sticker placed on the spine of the book

000’sComputer Science, Information

and General Works

100’sPhilosophy and Psychology

200sReligion

300sSocial Sciences

400sLanguage

500sScience

600sTechnology

700sArts & Recreation

800sLiterature

900sHistory & Geography

Practice on your own!! 

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~vvesper/dewey2.htm Several links to explanations of how Dewey works, plus one

FUN game using Dewey: “Let’s Do Dewey”  http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/02/lp261-02.shtml“Huey and Louie Meet Dewey” lesson plan – with links and a

FUN worksheet http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Alien/alien.htmBasic info about the Dewey Decimal System, includes cartoon

format about an alien http://www.quia.com/jg/7265.htmlDewey games http://www.ccsd.edu/bardonia/learninggames/libraryskills/Dewey game

Referenceshttps://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/Grade-Four.pdf

Anholt, L. (2007). The Magical Garden of Claude Monet. London: Frances Lincoln Publishers ltd. Retrieved from http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2390983.The_Magical_Garden_of_Claude_Monet#other_reviews

Ash, R. (2000). Great Wonders of the World. London: DK Children. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=JyJQAAAAYAAJ&sitesec=reviews

Bennet, A. (1981). The New Color Picture Dictionary for Children. US: Children’s Press(CT). Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Chicken House. (2002). A Treasury of Alphabets. US: Chicken House. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Claybourne, A. (2005). World’s Worst Germs. US: Raintree. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Connolley, S. (2012). Animal Life Cycles. US: Smart Apple Media. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

References cont…Dorros, A. (1999). Rain Forest Secrets. Gosford: Scholastic Australia.

Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Freedman, R. (1990). Cowboys of the Wild West. Boston: Houghton Mifflon. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Harness. (2003). Amazing Impossible Erie Canal. London: Simon & Schuster Ltd. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Howarth, I. (1996). Think About It: Activities to Show you How People Think. US: Silver Burdett Press. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Hoyt-Goldsmith, D. (1996). Celebrating Hanukkah. New York: Holiday House. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Celebrating-Hanukkah-Diane-Hoyt-Goldsmith/product reviews/0823414116/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Kalman, B. (1993). Historic Communities: 18th Century Clothing. US: Turtleback Books. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

References cont…Keeler, P. (2007). Drumbeat in our Feet. New York: Lee and Low Books

Inc. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Kellogg, S. (1985). Paul Bunyan. New York: William Morrow. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Krull, K. (2004). A Pot O’ Gold. US: Hyperion Books for Children. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Landau, E. (1996). UFO’s. London: Millbrook Press, Inc. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Oxlade, C. (2002). Can Science Solve the Mystery of ESP. Chicago: Heinemann Library. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Pirotta, S. (2009). Divali. London: Hachette Children’s Books. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Silverstein, S. (2004). Where the Sidewalk Ends. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/

Tagliaferro, L. (2007). The Life Cycle of an Apple Tree. US: Pepple Plus. Retrieved from http://images.google.com/