WebQuest
Dewey the Cat's Library Adventure
Process
Part #1:
Your entire class of library aides will create a map of the library for Dewey to refer to. You will be divided into teams, do research, and complete your team's section of a large map that will be provided. "Dewey's Map" will have 10 sets of "shelves" already attached. Individually, you will locate books in each of your 2 assigned sections and add them to the map.
TEAM:
- Each team will be assigned 2 of the "hundreds" section to research (see below)
- As a team, use the sites listed to find 3 types of materials that are found in your 2 "hundreds" sections (for example: 3 types of materials from the 000's, 3 types of materials from the 100's, and so on). "Type" means the category (like "history"), not a specific book.
INDIVIDUALLY:
1. Print out the Graphic Organizer in the Resource section below
2. Find 2 books from each of your 2 assigned "hundreds" sections in the library-media center
3. Write down the title, author, and call number of these 4 books (2 from each "hundreds" section) on your Graphic Organizer
4. Use the completed Graphic Organizer in #3 to fill-in the paper "books" that your team has been given
5. Glue these "books" onto the appropriate "shelves" on Dewey's map
Team Reference:
Dewey Decimal categories: 000's, 100's
Team Theology:
Dewey Decimal categories: 200's, 300's
Team Languages:
Dewey Decimal categories: 400's, 500's
Team Technology:
Dewey Decimal categories: 600's, 700's
Team Literature:
Dewey Decimal categories: 800's, 900's
Part #2:
Your team will create 4 PowerPoint slides on the following topics to give Dewey more information about the library before he re-shelves the books.
Each set of team PowerPoint slides needs to include:
- One slide listing your team name and names of your team members
- One slide with your team's question on it (see below)
- One slide with 1 - 2 paragraphs answering your question (in your own words!)
- One slide labeled: "Sources", listing the URL for the website linked below and the date that you gathered the information
Team Reference:
What is a call number and what do the different parts of it mean?
Resource: Let's Do Dewey
Team Theology:
What is the difference between fiction and non-fiction? Give 2 examples for each type.
Resource: Fiction vs. Non-fiction
Team Languages:
What Dewey Decimal call number was fiction originally placed in? Why were they moved into their section.
Resource: Library ThinkQuest
Team Technology:
What was Melvil Dewey's occupation and what year did he develop the Dewey Decimal System?
Resource: Melvil Dewey
Team Literature:
Why did Melvil Dewey invent the Dewey Decimal System?
Resource: A Guide to Library Books
Part #3:
Your final task will be a group presentation of your team's assigned "hundreds" sections of the library (on the map) and your team's section of the PowerPoint.
First, watch this video of a very bad presentation to learn what not to do!
Groups will present in the following order: Team Reference, Team Theology, Team Languages, Team Technology, Team Literature
Do your best! You will receive a special surprise at the end of all of your tasks.
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