1. THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
in . . .
THE GREAT DEWEY HUNT
by Toni Buzzeo

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. What’s in those 10 categories anyway?

5. Ask yourself these questions to find out!

6. 000
General Knowledge
What do I need to know?

7. What are some books in the 000 category?

8. Psychology/Philosophy
100
Psychology/Philosophy
Who am I?

9. What are some books in the 100 category?

10. 200
Religion
What do I believe in?

11. What are some books in the 200 category?

12. 300
Social Science
How do we live together?

13. What are some books in the 300 category?

14. 400
Languages
How do we communicate
with each other?

15. What are some books in the 400 category?

16. Natural Science/Mathematics
500
Natural Science/Mathematics
What is our world like?
How do we explain things in numbers?

17. What are some books in the 500 category?

18. Applied Science/Technology
600
Applied Science/Technology
How can we make the world
useful to us?

19. What are some books in the 600 category?

20. What do we enjoy creating or doing
700
Arts
What do we enjoy creating or doing
for fun?

21. What are some books in the 700 category?

22. What do we enjoy writing?
800
Literature
What do we enjoy writing?

23. What are some books in the 800 category?

24. 900 History/Geography Which people and places are parts of our past?
What do we know about all the places
in the world?

25. What are some books in the 900 category?

26. What objects could represent those books?

27. 000 map of Atlantis newspaper Bigfoot space alien sea monster plastic
question
mark
computer
keychain
map of
Atlantis

28. 100
witch
ghost
optical
illusion card

29. 200
Christian
cross
Buddha
statue
Star of
David
dreidel

30. 300 Cinderella snow globe dragon unicorn fire engine police car
birthday
candles

31. 400
sign
language
card
miniature
dictionary
Braille
alphabet

32. 500 hairy tarantula spider plant dinosaur magnet rock number candle
weather
thermometer
assorted
animals
shells

33. 600 sailboat truck car plane battery wire play food dog stethoscope
astronaut
fish tank
farm
machines
measuring
spoons

34. 700 basketball football dice puppets playing cards piano art supplies
(such as
crayons,
paint, etc.)

35. 800 theater masks (tragedy and comedy) playbill poem on a card
miniature
model

36. 900 flag globe foreign currency toy soldier toy cowboy statue of
famous
American
(such as
Lincoln)