E.Q.: How is the Media Center Organized? Today’s presentation will explain just how the media center is organized. You will learn a little about Melville Dewey and lots about the Dewey Decimal System. Additionally, I will show you several selections from our shelves. Make sure that you are paying attention, because you know there will be a review!

Who was Melville Dewey? Melville Dewey was a teacher and a great librarian. While he was in college in 1876, he created the Dewey Decimal System that we use today.

What’s the Dewey Decimal System? The Dewey Decimal System is way that we organize our books. There are 10 main categories or what we call classes.

The Ten Main Classes 000 Computer Science, Information & General Works 100 Philosophy and Psychology 200 Religion 300 Social Sciences 400 Language 500 Natural Science and Math 600 Applied Science and Technology 700 Fine Arts and Recreation 800 Literature 900History and Geography

000 General Works This class is used to classify things like encyclopedias, newspapers and magazines. It can also be used to classify Computer Science and Library Stuff. Here are some familiar titles that would be in the General Works area:

100 Philosophy and Psychology In this section we shelve some really neat books especially for those of you interested in learning about humankind and things like love and memory and dreams! Many of you may go on to be psychologists or counselors. If that’s you, then you will find all sorts of interesting books here. Here are just a few titles:

200 Religion In the 200 section, we have books about religion. This book is about people’s spiritual search for answers about life and death. Some of the different faiths discussed in this book are Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism.

300 Social Sciences The 300 section will provide a wonderful selection of books on Social Science and some Social Studies topics. Let’s take a look inside one of our books on bullying: Learn/dp/ /ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid= &sr=8-1# Learn/dp/ /ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid= &sr=8-1#

400 Language It’s All Greek to Me!It’s All Greek to Me! It’s All Greek to Me!

500 Natural Science and Math Natural sciences are those that deal with matter and energy….stuff like Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Astronomy And Math, is, well Math! Let’s take a look inside Algebra Unplugged: Loats/dp/ /ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid= &sr=1-2#

Let’s look at another title…… Science- Connecting/dp/ /ref=sr_1_4?ie=UT F8&s=books&qid= &sr=1-4# Science- Connecting/dp/ /ref=sr_1_4?ie=UT F8&s=books&qid= &sr=1-4#

600 Applied Science and Technology

Human Anatomy

Forensic Science

700 Fine Arts and Recreation

800 Literature Here is part of standard ELA7R1: g. Explains and analyzes the effects of sound, form, figurative language, and graphics in order to uncover meaning in literature: i. Sound (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme, rhyme scheme) ii. Figurative language (e.g., simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole) Silverstein/dp/ /ref=sr_1_5?ie=U TF8&s=books&qid= &sr=1-5#

Who are these guys and girls????

900 Geography and History

Review For review, we are going to visit a couple of FUN websites. Matching: game.html game.html Interactive: More Fun:

References Amdahl, K. & Loats, J. (1995). Algebra Unplugged. Broomfield, Colorado: Clearwater Publishing. Retrieved July 17, 2009, from Loats/dp/ /ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid= &sr=1-2#readerhttp:// Beres, D. B. (2007). Dusted and Busted: The Science of Fingerprinting. New York: Scholastic Publishing. Retrieved July 18, 2008, from Forensic/dp/ /ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid= &sr=1-5#readerhttp:// Canfield, J., Hansen, M., Kirberger, K., & Claspy, M. (1997). Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning. Deerfield Beach, Fl: Health Communications, Inc. Retrieved July 16, 2009, from Children Periodicals Image. Retrieved July 16, 2009, from a=N&start=54&ndsp=18 Dewey Decimal Games. Retrieved July 18, 2009, from Encyclopedia Image. Retrieved July 16, 2009, from Georgia Department of Education. (2008) Georgia Performance Standards: Grade Seven, Social Studies. Retrieved July 17, 2009, from 08.pdf?p=6CC6799F8C1371F640F6BE29D542B94A788E39DBD FB94A517F82D4826&Type=Dhttp://public.doe.k12.ga.us/DMGetDocument.aspx/Grade%20Seven%20updated% Georgia Department of Education. (2008) Georgia Performance Standards: Grade Seven ELA. Retrieved July 18, 2009, from

References Langley, M. (2000). Religion. New York : Dorling Kindersley. Retrieved July 17, 2009, from 2&siteID=&includeLibrary=true&includeMedia=false&mediaSiteID=&bibID=10635&walkerID= Melville Dewey Image. Retrieved July 16, 2009, from =1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi =1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi Newspaper Image. Retrieved July 16, 2009, from Page, M. (2001). Human Body: An illustrated guide to every part of the human body and how it works. New York, NY: Darlings Kindersley Publishing. Retrieved July 18, 2009, from Every/dp/ /ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid= &sr=1-1#readerhttp:// Romaine, T. (1997). Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing. Retrieved July 18, 2009, from Learn/dp/ /ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid= &sr=8-1#reader Silverstein, S. (1981). A Light in the Attic. New York, NY: harper Collins Publishing. Retrienved July 18, 2009, from Silverstein/dp/ /ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid= &sr=1-5#reader Sussman, A. (2006). Dr. Art’s Guide to Science: Connecting Atoms, Galaxies and Everything in Between: San Franciso, CA: Jossey Bass. Retrieved July 18, 2009, from Connecting/dp/ /ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid= &sr=1-4#readerhttp:// White, D. (2001). Philosophy for Kids: 40 Fun Questions That Help You Wonder About Everything. Waco, Texas: Prufrock Press, Inc. Retrieved July 16, 2009, from