Bring Dewey Decimal to Life in the Library

Planning your library lesson plan on the Dewey Decimal System? This printable poster makes the perfect visual reference to help students understand how librarians organize books to make them easy to find!

Available in an easy-to-print PDF format, the poster created by our teacher team to hang in the classroom or school library includes the following categories and their corresponding numbers:

• Class 000 — General knowledge
• Class 100 — Philosophy and psychology
• Class 200 — Religion
• Class 300 — Social sciences
• Class 400 — Language
• Class 500 — Science
• Class 600 — Technology
• Class 700 — Arts & recreation
• Class 800 — Literature
• Class 900 — History & geography

Dewey Decimal Lesson Plan Ideas

Looking for activities you can do alongside presenting this poster to your class? Try this 15-minute activity from our teacher team!

1. Divide your students into small groups of 3 to 5.
2. Provide each group with index cards or sticky notes and markers.
3. Assign each group a Dewey Decimal category from the poster.
4. Instruct each group to brainstorm a list of different topics or examples that would fit into their assigned category. Students should write each topic/example on the cards or sticky notes you’ve provided.
5. After the allotted time, bring the students back together.
6. Ask a representative from each group to share their category and examples with the class. If you’ve used sticky notes, you can post them right on your whiteboard or chart paper under the appropriate category.

How to Print Your Library Poster

Select the green Download button above to download your poster in printable PDF format.

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