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This is Melville Dewey He was a librarian that lived a long time ago. He invented a new way of organizing books in libraries.
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Mr. Dewey organized every nonfiction subject into 10 general categories. It’s actually pretty amazing! Think you could come up with 10 broad categories for EVERYTHING in the world?
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Here are the 10 general groups for sorting books
in the Dewey Decimal System:
General Works Philosophy Religion Social Studies Language Science Technology Arts and Leisure Literature History/Geography
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000s-General Works encyclopedias, almanacs, world record books, unexplained topics
031 WOR 001.94 DON
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100s-Philosophy feelings & emotions
152.4 ALI 155.2 KIN
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200s-Religion religion, mythology, bible stories
291 MAE 292 LOC 292 OSB
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300s-Social Studies holidays, government, celebrations,
military
324.6 MUR 358.9 BUR
394.28 HEI
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Fairy tales and folk tales are also placed in the 300s because they
teach traditions, values, and beliefs.
398.2 ALL
398.2 BRE 398.2 MCD
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400s-Language grammar & languages
443 KUD 428.2 TER
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500s-Science math, natural things,
weather, animals
595.7 SAC 523.8 SIP
513.2 LED
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600s-Technology man-made things, pets, farming, vehicles
690 HUD 641.5 VAU 636.8 PER
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700s-Arts and Leisure
how to draw, crafts, sports, movies, music
796.44 REA 796.323 KEL 736 KAS
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800s-Literature stories, plays, poetry,
jokes, riddles
811 SIL 811 FRA
818 SHO
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900s-History/Geography
historical events, other countries, U.S. states
909 BAL 990 FRI 932 CHA