Project Guideline

Dewey Decimal Classification

Welcome to our wonderful library, and welcome to join us to learn the Dewey Classification System. You will become a more effective user of our library and will be more successful in your study. Congratulations!

 

Project Goals:

            1. Students will be able to search and gather information from resources cataloged via Dewey Decimal System, from our school media center.

            2. Students will be able to use the system to catalog books at third Dewey summary level.

            3. Students to practice to express themselves / present their works in front of the class.

            4. Students to learn to work in groups.

Timeline: Three 42-minute periods

Assessment: Students will be graded by the grading rubric, which counts the students participation and group representing and shelving.

 

LESSON No. 1

Activities:

A). The whole class will have a tour in the school media center, to have a general idea on how the books in the library are organized by Dewey system.

B). Break the class to groups, 4 students per group. Each group votes a group leader who is responsible to report to the teacher. Each group will be assigned to a color code. Identify yourself on which group you are in.

 

Group No. 1    Group leader                                                  Group color

                        Group members

 

Group No. 2    Group leader                                                  Group color

                        Group members

 

Group No. 3    Group leader                                                  Group color

                        Group members

 

C). Let’s go through following related links, you may or may them later.

 

1. Dewey Decimal System on line resources from OCLC 

1a) ddc22print/intro.pdf, THE BOOK!

            http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/ddc22print/intro.pdf

1b) Dewey services [OCLC - Cataloging and Metadata]

            http://www.oclc.org/dewey/

1c) DDC 22 Print [OCLC - Latest versions]

            http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/ddc22print/

1d) WebDewey tutorial [OCLC - Educational resources]

            http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/tutorial/

1e) Melvil Dewey biography [OCLC - Educational resources]

            http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/biography/

 

2. "Do We" Really Know Dewey?

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

 

3. Lesson Three-The Dewey Decimal Classification System

            http://www.dixie.edu/health/nursing/nursapps/dewey2.html

 

4. Dewey Decimal System -- Cataloging Collections

            http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/library/b.html

 

5. Education World® : Lesson Plan: Huey and Louie Meet Dewey

            http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/02/lp261-02.shtml

 

6. Melvil Dewey and the Dewey Decimal Classification System

            http://www.homeschoollearning.com/hsc/unit_09-10-01.html

 

7. Dewey Decimal System, Part 2, w/ work sheet

            http://www.homeschoollearning.com/hsc/unit_09-11-01.html

 

8. Dewey Decimal Classification System

            http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/dewey.html#000

 

9. Dewey Decimal System Worksheet

            http://www.allinfoabouthomeschooling.com/index.php?page=144

 

Please BOOK MARK the following two sites, you will need them.

1) Third Level Dewey Summary

            http://www.library.uiuc.edu/circ/tutorial/dewey-schedule-numerical.html

 

2). Middle Tennessee State University’s site,             http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Evvesper/dewey2.htm,

 

Now, Let’s click on the MTSU bookmark and start our lesson

 

Homework assignment for Lesson No. 1:

      Each group finds at least six non-fiction, not cataloged books, and tries to catalog them to third summary level on Dewey System. Prepare the group presentation

 

REQUIREMENT ON Group presentation:

           Each group will present their work in front of class during lesson No. 3 and receive a grade following the “Grading Rubric”. Each presentation should include at least six books, show how you did it and all the resources used. Each presentation should not shorter than 4 minutes and not longer than 8 minutes.

           Each group will shelf the books they cataloged, with a special mark has their group name on it, provided by the library teacher, to the library collections right after they have done their presentation.

 

LESSON No. 2

Activities:

           Please continue and finish your Dewey lesson, then start work on your book cataloging and presentation. Go back to the lesson and other related sites as needed. Ask your library teacher any time.

           Please arrange an order of group presentation for tomorrow.

Homework assignment for Lesson No. 2:

Each group keeps working on your cataloging and be ready for your presentation tomorrow.

 

LESSON No. 3

Activities:

1. Students will present your works in groups in front of the class.

2. As the presentations are going on, 

• The group leader of each group hand in the list of books they cataloged to your library teacher

Each group will shelf the books they cataloged, with color-coded marks of their groups provided by your library teacher to the library collections right after you have done your presentation.

• Every one fill in the feed-back sheet.  The group leaders collect them and give them to your library teacher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grading Rubric For the Dewey Decimal Classification Project

Score Total 100, 20 Points For Each Category

 

Category

20

Excellent

 

10

Acceptable

0

Unacceptable

 

The books selected for cataloging

 

The amount of, and the kind of books selected meet the teacher’s requirements --- minimum 6 non-fiction books per group

 

 

The amount of, and the kind of books selected closely meet the teacher’s requirements

 

 

 

The amount of, and the kind of books selected does not meet the teacher’s requirements

 

The

Dewey Numbers

 

The Dewey numbers are correctly assigned, sources are clearly cited

 

 

 

The Dewey numbers are partially correct, sources are cited, but not completely

 

 

The Dewey numbers mostly in-correct, sources are not cited

 

 

 

Shelving

 

All books are properly shelved, the color coded group marks are properly inserted and is sticking out of the spine as directed

 

 

Not all books are properly shelved, the color coded group marks are inserted but are not all sticking out of the spine as directed

 

 

Most of the books are shelved in wrong places, the group marks are not properly inserted

 

 

 

Presentation

 

The presentation is logically organized, show excellent literature skill, the group worked together well, uses multimedia technologies.

 

 

The presentation is not totally in logic order; the group does not worked together too well; Students show they did work hard, even the outcome is not excellent.

 

 

The presentation is not organized in good order. The group did not worked together. Students show little or no effort.

 

 

Class Participation

 

Student starts work immediately as asked by teacher and stays on  target all the time. Demonstrates serious effort and completes the tasks; actively  participates all class activities.

 

Student demonstrates some effort and completes the tasks; participates some class activities but not always stays on target. Student does not disturb the class.

 

Student participates little or no class activities. Show little or no effort. Student disturbs the class, cuts the class or sleeps in class.

 

Overall Unit Grade:

 

   100-90 points = A;   89-80 points = B;     79-70 points = C;     69-60 points = D;    59-0 points = F

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