Library
Who came up with the idea to create a library?
Ben Franklin
What were the two main categories the books were broken into?
Fiction and Non Fiction
What are the 000-099 called?
General Works
what are 500-599?
Pure Science
Why did Melvil put the classes in the order that he did?
He was thinking about men from the beginning of time to help him create the ten classes.
Why did Ben franklin come up with the idea of a library?
He thought it was unfair that wealthy people had access to literature. He and others put their books in a building so people borrow them.
What are fiction books?
Stories that are made up for fun. They tell about things that didn't happen.
What are 100-199 called?
Philiosphy
What are 600-699 called?
Applied science
What happen after the caveman stopped thinking about himself?
He noticed a feeling that he was connected to the world around him somehow. Like he really wasn't alone even though there were no other people around
Were libraries organized when they were first opened?
Most of them weren't but when they were they were organized by color or size.
What are nonfiction books?
Books that give true information.
What are 200-299 called?
Religion
What are 700-799 called?
The art
What happened after he stopped thinking about god?
He started to worry about food and stumbles into another cave.
Who figured out a way to organize libraries?
Melvil Dewey
They are put on the shelve in ABC order using the author's last name. If the author wrote more than one book they were organized in ABC by title.
What are 300-399 called?
Social studies
what are 800-899 called?
Literature
What did he find in the other cave?
He found another person.
At what age did he come up with the idea?
26 year old
How are nonfiction books organized?
They are grouped by subject.
What are 400 - 499 called?
Language
History, geography, and biography
What did he want to do after he met this other person?
He wanted to communicate with them.