Web Drop In Activity 2
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Melvil Dewey and the classification system he created
Go to http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/index.shtml
What is the name of the organizational system Melvil Dewey created for books?
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Why do you think a system was needed to classify book? This is a thinking question for you and not found on this site. We will discuss this at the end of class.
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Click on the books icon above ‘Meet Melvil" to your left. List three facts about Dewey.
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Go on the books icon above 'Home' and then click on the books above ’Dewey and the Alien’. Read through the entire story, taking turns reading with a person beside you. The pages are turned in the bottom right corner. Label these pictures, from the story, with their Dewey number and categorical name.
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Picture 1
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Picture 2
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Credit for the images goes to the website above created by Nettleton Intermediate Center in Jonestown, Arkansas, and are being used according to the multimedia fair use guidelines and are restricted from further use. Retrieved on 5/28/06.