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- 6th - 8th
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Students categorize their private book collections as a precursor to learning the principles of the Dewey Decimal System. They use the Internet to gain a better understanding of the Dewey Decimal System. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students investigate the various sources of information available in libraries. They explore various websites, conduct Internet research, analyze the Dewey Decimal System online, complete various worksheets, and complete a research paper. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students use suggested web sites to conduct research on the Internet. They explain the Dewey Decimal System through research. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students investigate the variety of ways that information is categorized. The lesson begins with the ordering of personal collections and culminates with the Dewey Decimal System utilized in libraries. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students examine the Dewey Decimal System and locate books in the nonfiction section. They examine a shelf of books and try to determine how the books are arranged, then watch a short video "Media Mania." Students then match construction paper books with the correct Dewey number. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students view a PowerPoint program on the Dewey Decimal System including its history and categories. They complete a worksheet on Dewey categories and place books on the shelf in correct number order. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the Dewey Decimal System. After viewing a PowerPoint presentation, they complete a webquest on the system using the internet. In groups, they create their own PowerPoint explaining each category in the System and practice finding materials in the library. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students investigate the Dewey Decimal System of numbering nonfiction books in the library. They label the type of nonfiction that would be found under each grouping of the system and classify a book based on its subject matter. They go to selected web sites to practice working with the classification system. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students identify the ten main classifications used with nonfiction books in the Dewey Decimal Classification System after watching a teacher lead PowerPoint presentation. They play a game in which they use a variety of books, a spinner, and to identify the classification. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students play a game that synthesizes their role playing skills, literature, and comprehension of the Dewey Decimal System. They listen as one student reads a statement that informs the class why they need a book, and then ask another student for help. The other student names the correct 100s group and physically goes to the correct location in the library. Full Review »
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