Post on 02-Jan-2016
Know Your Dewey Decimal System Dewey Ten Main
Classes (1)Ten Main Classes (2)
Fiction Novels Place that Title
200 200 200 200 200
400 400 400 400 400
600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 800 800
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Final Question: Wager pts
Topic 1: 200• Question:• What is the name of the system we use in our
media center to keep our books organized and easy to find?
• Answer• (The Dewey Decimal System)
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Topic 1: 600• Question:• What is one reason why we assign numbers to
books and materials before putting them on shelves in the library?
• Answer• (The numbers help us find the books and can
be used to group books of a similar topic together)Back
Topic 1: 800• Question:• (True or False) A bigger Dewey number means
that a book has many more pages than a smaller Dewey number.
• Answer• (False)
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Topic 1: 1000• Question:• (True or False) Only highly trained librarians
can understand how to use the Dewey Decimal System.
• Answer• (False! Everybody can learn!)
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Topic 2: 200• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a
set of Dewey numbers) do books about Religion belong?
• Answer• (200s)
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Topic 2: 400• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a
set of Dewey numbers) would books about different languages belong?
• Answer• (400s)
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Topic 2: 600• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a
set of Dewey numbers) do books about Geography belong?
• Answer• (900s)
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Topic 2: 800• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a
set of Dewey numbers) would a book such as an encyclopedia or almanac belong?
• Answer• (The 000s, Generalities)
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Topic 2: 1000• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a
set of Dewey numbers) would a book featuring different inventions belong?
• Answer• (600s, Technology)
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Topic 3: 200• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a
set of Dewey numbers) would a book about psychology belong?
• Answer• (100s, Philosophy and Psychology)
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Topic 3: 400• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a
set of Dewey numbers) would a book about science experiments belong?
• Answer• (500s, Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
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Topic 3: 600• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a
set of Dewey numbers) would a book about arts or sports belong?
• Answer• (700s Fine arts and Recreation)
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Topic 3: 800• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a
set of Dewey numbers) would a book featuring speeches or poems belong?
• Answer• (Literature and Rhetoric)
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Topic 3: 1000• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a
set of Dewey numbers) would a book about how people get along together, belong?
• Answer• (300s, Social Sciences)
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Topic 4: 200• Question:• (True or False) All fiction novels must be
assigned a Dewey number?
• Answer• (False)
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Topic 4: 400• Question:• (True or False) Fiction novels can be identified
by the first three letters of the author’s first name.
• Answer• (False, the first three letters of the author’s
last name)
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Topic 4: 600• Question:• If you were looking for Captain Underpants
and the attack of the talking toilets: another epic novel by Dav Pilkey, what would you look for to find this fiction novel?
• Answer• (PIL, or FIC PIL (the first three letters of the
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Topic 4: 800• Question:• If you were looking for Bad hare day by R.L.
Stine, what would you look for to find this fiction novel?
• Answer• (STI, or FIC STI)
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Topic 4: 1000• Question:• If you were looking for the fiction novel Joey
Pigza loses control by Jack Gantos what would you look for on the spine of a book to find this title?
• Answer• (GAN or FIC GAN)
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Topic 5: 200• Question:• In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would
the title How to Draw People belong?
• Answer• (700s, Fine Arts and Recreation)
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Topic 5: 400• Question:• In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would
the title Math Potatoes belong?
• Answer• (500s Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
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Topic 5: 600• Question:• In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would
the title Say hola to Spanish belong?
• Answer• (400s, Language)
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Topic 5: 800• Question:• In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would
the title Guinness World Records, 2008 belong?
• Answer• (000s, Generalities)
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Topic 5: 1000• Question:• In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would
the title Checking your grammar belong?
• Answer• (400s, Language)
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Final Question: Make Your Wager
• Question:• Label Dewey’s Ten Main Classes in order
(000s-900s)
• Answer• (000s Generalities, 100s Philosophy & Psychology, 200s Religion, 300s Social Sciences, 400s
Language, 500s Natural Sciences & Mathematics, 600s Technology, 700s Fine Arts and
Recreation, 800s Literature & Rhetoric, 900s Geography & History)
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