Demolition

Dewey
A WebQuest for 5th & 6th Grade
Students on the Dewey Decimal
System
Designed
by

Suzanne Osborne

lizbeth023@hotmail.com

Introduction | Task | Process |Resources| Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page

Introduction
Oh no! Quick, cadets, the library media specialist needs your
help. A demolition crew came through and demolished the
library on accident. All the books are scattered
everywhere. You must learn the Dewey Decimal
Classification system so you know where to place the books
in their proper location and get the new library back in
order. Cadets, it’s up to you to learn where the books go.
Head back to your barrack (computer station) and bunker
down (work hard) to complete the Demolition Dewey
WebQuest.

Cadets, you are, no doubt, wondering how this WebQuest will

help you. Only the best and brightest have been selected
to participate in this challenge. By the end of the
WebQuest you will be able to locate a book not only in this
school library, but in most libraries spanning the nation.

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 The Task

Cadets, what you

will do is...

Work through the

Dewey Decimal

Classification

(DDC) Interactive

Program.

Identify and

record information from DDC program on the worksheet(s)

you print out.

Create a DDC brochure to teach younger students about the

DDC in the future.

Demonstrate what you have learned by completing a library

scavenger hunt.

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The Process
The Dewey Decimal Classification system provides a plan for
organizing fiction and nonfiction material. The organization
helps make it easier to research and gather information on
specific topics. Most libraries use the Dewey Decimal
Classification system to organize the library, so learning the
system now will help you throughout your future.

Step 1: Cadets, click the interactive program “Do We”

Really Know Dewey?
Cadets, working solo, each student must complete a worksheet
for credit.

Before you begin print the “fill in the blank” worksheet that
accompanies the interactive program. The worksheet will
guide you through the program. Hang on to the
worksheet until you have completed the entire
WebQuest.

"Do We" Really Know Dewey?

"Do We” Really Know Dewey? Fill in the Blank

Worksheet

Remember cadets, it is up to you to put the books back on the

shelves in the proper location.
Step 2: Cadets, working in pairs, create a DDC
brochure.
Cadets, working in pairs you will create a stylish and fun
brochure over the Dewey Decimal system. You can add to and
decorate the brochure the way you want, as long as the
required information is included.

Each pair will be given construction paper, white copy paper,

colored pencils, and glue. You need to create a brochure using
information found in the links below. The brochure should be
easy to follow, neat, and include all 10 Dewey Groups. Look at
your worksheets to see a list of the 10 groups. In addition to
the 10 groups, the brochure should include examples of three
subgroups for each group. That means you should have the
10 Dewey groups (divisions) and three examples of the type of
information you would find in a particular group.

Here is an example of the information required, but you need

to do one for each of the 10 groups.

100
Philosophy & Psychology
Psychology
Ethics
Metaphysics

Only one brochure with both cadets’ names is required for

credit.

First link for brochure (look up by topic)

Second link for brochure (look up by groups)

Third link for brochure (look up by groups/divisions)

Step 3: Book Scavenger Hunt
Cadets, working in pairs, you will assume the opposite role
from step two. If you were the Dewey Dude in step two, you
will be the Dewey Tator in step three, and vice versa. The
Dewey Dude locates the proper book and assures its return to
its proper location. The Dewey Tator records the information
off the spine of the book.

Print the document and work together to locate the books with
the corresponding call number listed in the chart below. Only
one copy with both cadets’ names is required for credit.

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Call Number Book Title Dewey Category

976.8
599
323.6
812
612
551
398
428.1
179
004.6
291.2

Resources

http://www.barcoding.com/images/melvildewey.gif

http://www.designyourwall.com/store/images/P/200-2993_big.jpg

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/index.shtml

http://www.barnstable.k12.ma.us/mme/news/studentinvestigations/WebQuests/de

wey/index.html
http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://user.chollian.net/

%7Esadrain1/clipart/

http://www.apl.org/libcats/dewey.html#d

http://www.cf.k12.wi.us/library/deweydecimal.htm

http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/handbook/qtdeweydecimal.html

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Evaluation

Cadets, the brochure and the library scavenger hunt will be

graded separately according to teamwork, accuracy,
completeness, and creativity. Below is a rubric that
explains how the projects will be judged. The worksheet
will be graded according to accuracy and completeness
based on a percentage value. All three items will be
calculated together for a final grade. Each item has a value
of one-third, or 33%.

Worksheet 33%

Scavenger
Brochure
Hunt 33% 33%

Brochure
33%
 Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary Score

1 2 3 4

Teamwork Minimal Attempted Participated Great Effort

Minimal All concepts

Most concepts All concepts
Accuracy concepts included, correct
included included
included spellings

Insufficient, less Sufficient not

Missing more then 6 Sufficient, no
Completeness than 50% missing more
items of information. missing items
complete than 2 items

Cluttered,
Clear, clean, Clean, clear, easy
unclear, Cluttered, hard to read
easy to read to read, artistic
Creativity difficult to read
Total
Conclusion

Cadets, you have completed your mission and the library

thanks you. You have served your school and learned the
value of the Dewey Decimal system. What you have learned
here today is not classified and you are free to share it with
anyone and everyone.

Remember to turn in the all the WebQuest projects with both

cadets name on the work.

Credits & References

(All credits and resources were retrieved 10/2009)

I would like to credit the following for resources and pictures:

http://thegraphicdepot.com/images/GCW-SP-0005.jpg

http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/handbook/qtdeweydecimal.html

http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/file/view/Track+Down+Dewey+Template.pdf
http://libraryofdigress.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/bad-filing-system.jpg

http://www.designyourwall.com/store/images/P/200-2993_big.jpg

http://www.barcoding.com/images/melvildewey.gif

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listthedeweli.html

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/foster/

http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/index.shtml

http://www.barnstable.k12.ma.us/mme/news/studentinvestigations/WebQuests/de

wey/index.html

http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://user.chollian.net/

%7Esadrain1/clipart/

http://www.apl.org/libcats/dewey.html#d

http://www.cf.k12.wi.us/library/deweydecimal.htm

http://www.geocities.com/researchguide/webquests.html

http://www.longmeadow.k12.ma.us/ws/dewey/index.html

Last updated on August 15, 1999. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page