DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
WebQuest
When you have finished this Quest you will know what the
Dewey Decimal System
is, and you and your friends will say……
"Do we know Dewey?"
"Do we?"
"Dewey?"
"BOY! Do we!!"
Quotes from the thinkquest of Nettleton Intermediate Center, Jonesboro, Arkansas.
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IntroductionThe Dewey Decimal System is a system we use to
classify & shelve
books in libraries by 1st grouping them into
10 basic categories.
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1. Learn the Basic 10 Dewey categories. 2. Learn the difference between Non-Fiction and Fiction. 3. Learn what a call number is. 4. Learn how countries keep their numbers. 5. Learn the "Top to Bottom" & "Left to Right" rules. 6. Learn the "General to Specific" & "Drop Back" Theories. 7. Apply your new knowledge in the creation of a
MediaBlender presentation.
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Web Sites
Instructions for using web sites.
Everything that you need to find is on the following websites.
1. Go to the sites. 2. Read the information in the sites. 3. BACK to Dewey WebQuest page 4. Click on questions. 5. Get Activity Sheets from your
teacher and record your answers.
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www.tqjunior.advanced.org/5002.htm
DEWEY WEBPAGE BY GRADE 6 STUDENTS,
Nettleton Intermediate Centre, Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S.A
Call Numbers
www.mtsu/~vesper/dewey.htmlOnce you get to the site, click on WHAT IS A Call Number.
WHAT IS A CALL NUMBER? Questions
Read the Call Number lesson (3 pages).
5 Questions
www. ipl.org/youth/dewey/dewey.html
SHORT ANSWERS TO 5 SIMPLE QUESTIONS Questions
10 Categories
www.tqjunior.advanced.org/5002/Alien/dewchart.htm
THE TEN DEWEY GROUPS - 10 Categories Questions
100 Categories
penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/Lib/ReaderServices/ddc.htm
THE DEWEY LIST - 100 categories Questions
1000 Categories
www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/dewey.html#top
THE DEWEY LIST - 1000 Categories Questions
Books in the 10 Categories
www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/ddctable.html
LISTS OF BOOKS IN THE 10 BASIC CATEGORIES Questions
www.thrall.org/dewey/
Take a test at Levels 1 2 or 3 to see if you know the Dewey categories.
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE - Meet Melvil Dewey/ Learn More Questions
www.oclc.org/oclc/fp/products/gotnum2.htm
CARTOONS TO SHOW THE 10 BASIC CATEGORIES Questions
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The Process
The steps that you need to take to complete this assignment:
1. Read the entire process before starting. 2. Visit every page of every section in #1 Do We Really
Know Dewey?3. Complete the 4 games/quizzes in "Let's Do the Dew Review". 4. Visit as many of the other 8 web sites as you can to
understand and remember the information in the
Dewey Decimal System.5. Complete the activities in your booklet for all 9 sites. 6. Check out how you did in "Evaluation", and what you
should have learned in "Conclusion".
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LEVEL 4:LEVEL 3:
always focussed on assignment visited all 9 sites completed all activities - score of 90-111/111 worked cooperatively with partner/no problems LEVEL 2:
usually focussed on assignment visited all of site #1 and most other sites completed most activities - score of 80-89/111. worked cooperatively with partner/slight problems
were overcomeLEVEL 1:
sometimes focussed on assignment visited all of site #1 and some others. completed many activities - score of 70-79/111. ongoing minor problems or 1 major problem
working with partner
rarely focussed on assignment visited some of site #1 and some additional sites completed some activites - score of 69 or less/111. ongoing major problems working with partner/partner was changed
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During the course of this activity you should have learned:
1. Libraries are organized so that books can easily be
found on the shelves.2. What the numbers on the spine of a book mean. 3. How books and other resources in libraries are
organized.4. How to find categories of non-fiction books on a
shelf in a library.5. How to return categories of non-fiction books to
the correct shelf.
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BACK TO TOP QUESTIONS
1. MEET MELVIL 3 marks Back to Resources Chart for Site 1
1. Name 3 of the important contributions Melvil2. PRE DEW REVIEW 13 marks Back to Resources Chart for Site 1
Dewey made to the organization of libraries.The Difference Between Fiction and NonFiction3. DEWEY AND THE ALIEN Back to Resources Chart for Site 1
1. What are the 2 tricks to remembering the
difference between Fiction and NonFiction?How Fiction and NonFiction Are Shelved
1. Fiction books are sorted and shelved by ____________.
2. NonFiction books are sorted and shelved by _________.What Is A Call Number?
1. Where on the book is the call number found?
2. Is a call number always a number?Left to Right and Top to Bottom
1. Explain the meaning of "Left to Right".
2. Explain the meaning of "Top to Bottom".What Does A Fiction Call Number Look Like?
1. Write the call number for a Goosebumps
novel by R. L. Stine.What Does A NonFiction Call NumberLook Like?
1. Write the call number for a nonfiction book in
the category "commercial processing of kidney beans".
2. How many numbers does a nonfiction call number
have to the LEFT of the decimal?
100 24 marks4. LET'S DEW IT Back to Resources Chart for Site 1
1. What question did the Alien and Dewey ask each other?
2. Name the 2 Dewey categories that relates to this question.
200
1. What question did the Alien and Dewey ask each other?
2. Name the 2 Dewey categories that relates to this question.
300
1. What 2 statements did the Alien and Dewey spoke2. Name the Dewey category that relates to this question.
400
1. What did Dewey know that the Alien would have to learn?
2. Name the Dewey category that relates to this question.
500
1. What was the statement that Dewey spoke to the Alien?
2. Name the Dewey category that relates to this question.
600
1. What was the statement that Dewey spoke to the Alien?
2. Name the Dewey categorythat relates to this question.
700
1. What did Dewey say to the Alien about the 700's?
2. Name the 2 Dewey categories that relate to this question.
800
1. What did Dewey say to the Alien about the 800's?
2. Name the Dewey category that relates to this question.
900
1. What did Dewey and the Alien do to remember
their day together?
2. Name the Dewey category that relates to this question.
000
1. What did the Alien want to do once he got home?
2. Name the Dewey category that relates to this question.500's - 600's 22 marksTHE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
1. Explain the difference between the 500's
(Natural Science) and the 600's (Applied Science).500 - 600 Chart
1. Give 1 example of a category from the 500's and
give 1 category in the 600's that relates to it.General to Specific
Write in the category of each Dewey Decimal
Call Number as it gets more and more SPECIFIC.
1. 600 = Applied Science
2. 630 = _________________________
3. 636 = _________________________
4. 636.7 = _________________________
5. 636.75 = _________________________Drop Back Theory
Write in the number of each Dewey Call Number
as the category gets more and more GENERAL.
1. Craighead County = ___.____.
2. N.E. Counties of Arkansas = ___.____.
3. Arkansas = ___.____.
4. Souht Central U.S.A. = ___.____.
5. Gen'l History of North America = ___.____.
6. Encyclopedias = ___.____.
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Country Numbers 9 marks
1. What is the 3 digit call number for Geography?
2. What is the range of 3 digit call numbers for History?
3. If 914.8 is the Dewey number for the Greek GEOGRAPHY,
what is the call number for the HISTORY of Greece?Country Numbers - Page 2
1. What is the Dewey call number for the Greek LANGUAGE?Country Numbers - Page 3
1. What is the Dewey call number for the French LANGUAGE?Country Numbers - Page 4
1. What is the Dewey call number for French GEOGRAPHY?
2. What is the Dewey call number for French HISTORY?6. QUIZZES AND PUZZLES Back to Chart for Site 1
THE DEW REVIEWYour teacher/librarian can print these from Web site # 1.
Just for Fun!
Dewey Test
Cryptogram
Word Search
Double Puzzle
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Questions
Call Numbers
1. Let's see if we can find a butterfly.
Write the Dewey Decimal Call Numbers.
Step 1. Natural Sciences = ____
Step 2. Zoological Sciences = ____
Step 3. Worms & insects = ____
Step 4. Insects = ____
Step 5. Lepidoptera = ____
Step 6. Butterflies = ____2. Exercise 1
What Dewey Decimal Call Number comes first on the shelf?
331.0942 311.07 311.116 311.2 311.018 311.126Back to Resources Chart for Site 2
Questions
DEWEY DECIMAL COLLECTION
Five Questions 10 marks
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i) What is the Dewey Decimal Classification System?
ii) How Is It Organized?
iii) How Can I Find Things?
iv) Why Is the Dewey System Still Used?
v) Should The Dewey System Be Reorganized?
Questions
10 Categories Just for Fun!
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1. Try to write the 10 Dewey Decimal Call Number and their
Categories from memory. Record your answers on the worksheets.
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100 Categories 4 marks
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Write the Dewey Decimal Call Numbers.
1. Folklore = ____
2. Math = ____
3. Painting = ____
4 Ancient History = ____
Questions
1000 Categories 4 marks
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Write the Dewey Decimal Call Numbers.
1. 300's Folklore = ____
2. 500's Geometry = ____
3. 700's Genre Paintings = ____
4. 900's Ancient History of Egypt = ____
Questions
Back to Resources Chart for Site 7 10 marks
Write 1 book title and its Dewey Decimal Call Number for each
of the Basic 10 Dewey Decimal Call Numbers.
Questions
Test Your Knowledge
Back to Resources Chart for Site 8 Just for Fun!
Click to start the test. Choose a level. Click on Find Out.
Enter your 3 digit answer. OK. Find Out again.
Questions
Cartoons
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Page 1: What Dewey Decimal Call Number & Category did the
lost book have?
Page 2: What is the Dewey Decimal Call Number for
"Fairy Tales" ?
Page 3: When did Melvil Dewey create the Dewey Decimal
System?
Page 4: Name 2 other 2 places in your school library
(besides the spine) where you could find the
Dewey Decimal Call Number.
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Dewey WebQuest Answers
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