I Got This!
Know Your Numbers
Melville Shcmellville
Dewey Does It!
Whoa! Modgepodge
100

The 900's are...

History and Geography

100

300

Social Sciences

100

A book about cooking

600's

100

How many groups of 100 are in Dewey's System?

10 groups

000, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900


100

Titanic History

910

200

The 200's are...

Religion

200

100

Philosophy and Pscychology

200

A book about ancient Greece

900's

200
Melville Dewey was a ...

Librarian

200

Sharks

597.3

300

The 400's are...

Language

300

000

Generalities

300

The Bible

200's

300

Melville came up with his organization method because...

Libraries needed better system in order to locate books.

300

What is the call number for Italian Recipes

641.8

400

The 800's are...

Literature

400

500

Natural Sciences
400

A book about sign language

400's

400

What year did Mr. Dewey publish his Dewey Decimal System?

1876

400

Where is the Dewey Decimal Number located on a book?

On spine label (Label on the spine).

500

The 600's are..

Technology or Applied Sciences

500

700

Arts and Recreation

500

A poetry book

800's

500

The more numbers in a Dewey Decimal number means the topic is more 

Narrow or Broad?

Narrow

641.5 is cooking

641.53 is cooking light meals and snacks

500

A Dewey Decimal Number might look like this:

641.8

How many numbers can it have AFTER the decimal?

As many as it needs!

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