THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM

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THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM

• in . . .
• THE GREAT DEWEY HUNT
• by Toni Buzzeo

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The Dewey Decimal System is

• a method for organizing books in the library
  using 10 categories. In a school library, it is
  usually used for NONFICTION BOOKS.

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To help students learn the categories, Mrs.
Skorupski challenges each group to come up with
a set of objects that represent the 10 Dewey
categories.
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Whats in those 10 categories anyway?
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Ask yourself these questions to find out!
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General Knowledge What do I need to know?
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What are some books in the 000 category?

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100
Psychology/Philosophy Who am I?
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What are some books in the 100 category?

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200
Religion What do I believe in?
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What are some books in the 200 category?

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300
Social Science How do we live together?
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What are some books in the 300 category?

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400
Languages How do we communicate with each other?
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What are some books in the 400 category?

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500
Natural Science/Mathematics What is our world
like? How do we explain things in numbers?
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What are some books in the 500 category?

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600
Applied Science/Technology How can we make the
world useful to us?
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What are some books in the 600 category?

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700
Arts What do we enjoy creating or doing for fun?
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What are some books in the 700 category?

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800
Literature What do we enjoy writing?
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What are some books in the 800 category?

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900
History/Geography Which people and places are
parts of our past? What do we know about all the
places in the world?
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What are some books in the 900 category?

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What objects could represent those books?
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000

• newspaper
• Bigfoot
• space alien
• sea monster
• plastic
• question
• mark
• computer
• keychain
• map of
• Atlantis

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100

• witch
• ghost
• optical
• illusion card

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200

• Christian
• cross
• Buddha
• statue
• Star of
• David
• dreidel

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300

• Cinderella
• snow globe
• dragon
• unicorn
• fire engine
• police car
• birthday
• candles

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400

• sign
• language
• card
• miniature
• dictionary
• Braille
• alphabet

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500

• hairy
• tarantula
• spider
• plant
• dinosaur
• magnet
• rock
• number
• candle
• weather
• thermometer

• assorted
• animals
• shells

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600

• sailboat
• truck
• car
• plane
• battery
• wire
• play food
• dog
• stethoscope
• astronaut

• fish tank
• farm
• machines
• measuring
• spoons

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700

• basketball
• football
• dice
• puppets
• playing
• cards
• piano
• art supplies
• (such as
• crayons,
• paint, etc.)

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800

• theater
• masks
• (tragedy and
• comedy)
• playbill
• poem on a
• card
• miniature
• theater
• model

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900

• flag
• globe
• foreign
• currency
• toy soldier
• toy cowboy
• statue of
• famous
• American
• (such as
• Lincoln)

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