1. A Dewey Decimal Presentation By Sarah Dupuis MEDT 6463 Fall 2009 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

2. This presentation is appropriate for upper elementary, grades 3-5. The purpose of this presentation is to show students and faculty alike how the Dewey classification system works. Also, coverage of who Melvil Dewey was and how he started his classification system is included. Students will learn how to look for and find materials appropriate to their research. 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

3. Melvil Dewey, born in 1851, was reared in upstate New York. An avid simplified speller, Mr. Dewey shortened his own name from Melville to Melvil, dropped his middle names and even shortened his last name for a time to Dui. Working as a student assistant in a college library, Mr. Dewey began his classification system at the age of 21. Although well known as a librarian and the founder of the American Library Association (ALA), it is for the Dewey Decimal Classification system that Melvil Dewey is best known. His library classification systems is used in most all libraries today. 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 (2007)

4. How do I know where to look? 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 (Microsoft Office Online, 2007)

5. 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Dewey can help you find most anything! (Microsoft Office Online, 2007)

6. 000 Computer Science, information & general works Librarian of Basra review 020 WIN 032 WOR

7. 100 Philosophy and Psychology 152.4 ALI Feelings 100 PHI

8. 200 Religion Faith like Mine Review 200 BUL 200 GLO (Microsoft Office Online, 2007)

9. 300 Social Sciences 371 RAD 398.2 SCH Eyewitness Books Battle 355 HOL

10. 400 Language Webster's Basic English Dictionary Review Grade 3 English/Language Arts Standard 423 WEB 468 WIL 428 ELL

11. 500 Science Eyewitness Books Astronomy Review GPS Standard Grade 2 520 LIP 510 TAN

12. 600 Technology (Applied sciences) 630 HAL The Way Things Work Review 600 MAC 636 REA

13. 700 Arts and recreation 781 ARD Cathedral Review 726 MAC 793 GRY

14. 800 Literature 808.8 RAI Please Bury me in the Library Review Language Arts Standards, Grade 3 811 LEW 821.008 POE

15. 900 History and geography 912 STE 920 RUS 978 MUR 973 ENG 910.3 KNO Scholastic Atlas of the World Review

16. 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 How does it all fit together? (Microsoft Office Online, 2007)

17. 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 With the Dewey Decimal System, you need only search for the name or call number of a book to find where its location on your library shelf. Pets 636.7 Ellis Island 325 Mammals 599 Astronomy 520 Plants 581 Geology 551 Explorers 970

18. 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Microsoft Office, 2003 Simply read the spine label to find your book.

19. Now, can you find these books? 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

20. And for a super challenge… 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot : a true story of the Berlin airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky

21. Enjoy the hunt and always keep learning! 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

22. References (2007). [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2007 /07/getting-dewey-eyed/ http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2007 All other pictures, unless noted, are from Destiny 2009.