1. What is the Dewey Decimal System?
Emily Rich
MEDT 6463

2. Pre-test Who invented the Dewey Decimal system?
What is the Dewey Decimal System used for?
What does the Dewey Decimal System look like?
How many main classifications are there in the Dewey Decimal System?
Where is a Dewey Decimal number located on a book?

3. Purpose
The purpose of this presentations is to help 4th grade students answer the following questions:
Who is Melvil Dewey?
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
Why do we use the Dewey Decimal System?
What are the 10 main classifications?
Where is a Dewey number located on a book?

4. Melvil Dewey Born in New York in 1851 Worked as a Librarian
Created a classification for library materials called the Dewey Decimal System

5. What is the Dewey Decimal System
The DDS is used to classify books in a media center.
There are 10 main classifications.
Each book has a number listed on the spine of the book that tells where the books should be organized in the media center.
Classifying books using the DDS allows books to be found easily.
This system is used all over the world.
Pass out books to students and let them see where this number is located.

6. The 10 Dewey Decimal Classes
000- Computer Science, Information and General Works
100- Philosophy and Psychology
200- Religion
300- Social Science
400-Language
500- Science
600- Technology
700- Arts and Recreation
800- Literature
900- History and Geography

7. 000- Computer Science, Information and General works
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, and magazines can also be found in this section.
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8. 100- Philosophy and Psychology
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9. 200- Religion
This section should include books on religions around the word. It may include religions that you have never heard of before.
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10. 300- Social Science
Law, politics, economics, and fairytales are located in this section
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11. 400- Language
This section includes books on languages around the world. Language dictionaries are located in this section also.
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12. 500- Science
S4E3. Students will differentiate between the states of water and how they relate to the water cycle and weather.
c. Investigate how clouds are formed.
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14. 700- Arts and Recreation
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15. 800- Literature This section includes literature, poetry, and drama
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16. 900- History and Geography
SS4H2 The student will describe European exploration in North America.
a. Describe the reasons for, the obstacles to, and accomplishments of the Spanish, French, and English explorations of John Cabot, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Juan Ponce de León, Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, and Jacques Cartier.
b. Describe examples of cooperation and conflict between Europeans and Native Americans.
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17. Post Test Who invented the Dewey Decimal system?
What is the Dewey Decimal System used for?
What does the Dewey Decimal System look like?
How many main classifications are there in the Dewey Decimal System?
Where is a Dewey Decimal number located on a book?

18. References
Burlington Public Library. (2010). Happy Birthday Melvil Dewey. Retrieved from
Georgia Department of Education (2011). Georgia Performance Standards. Atlanta, GA. Retrieved from
Cindrich, Sharon (2009). A smart Girls Guide to the Internet. American Girls Publishing. Retrieved from
Parr, Todd (2000). The Feelings Book. New York: Little, Brown and Company Retrieved from Parr/dp/ /ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid= &sr=1-2#_
Osborne, Mary Pope (1996). One World, Many Religions: The Many Ways we Worship. New York: Knopf. Retrieved From Worship/dp/ /ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid= &sr=1-1#_
Sobel, Syl (1999). How the US Government Works. New York: Barron’s Educational Services, Inc. Retrieved from Sobel/dp/ /ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid= &sr=1-1#_
Emberly, Rebecca (2008) My Big Book of Spanish Words. New York: LB Kids. Retrieved from BOARD/dp/B002HLVPF4/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid= &sr=1-3

19. References Continued
Sherman, Joseph (2006). Shapes in the Sky. New York: Picture Window Books. Retrieved from Weather/dp/ /ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid= &sr=1-1
Thimmeah, Catherine (2000). Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women New York: Houghton Mifflin Company . Retrieved from Inventions/dp/ /ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid= &sr=1-1#_
Gibbons, Gail (2000). My Soccer Book. Harper Collins. Retrieved from Gail-Gibbons/dp/ /ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid= &sr=1-1#_
Silverstein, Shel (2004). Where the Sidewalk Ends: 30th Anniversary Edition. Harper Collins. Retrieved from Anniversary/dp/ /ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid= &sr=1-1
Gleason, Carrie (2005). Henry Hudson: Seeking the Northwest Passage. Crabtree Publishing Company. Retrieved from Explorers/dp/ /ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid= &sr=1-1