Ask them to come up with the proper call numbers for books on these individuals. Then have volunteers go to the shelves and try to locate these books, employing shelf markers to maintain their proper place on the shelf. Have students practice creating biography call numbers. Observe students for proper ordering of call numbers in line-up. Check student ability to define biography and autobiography, and to create call numbers for biographies.
Optional worksheet can provide individual assessment.
Students will recognize the usefulness of the Dewey Decimal system as a tool for organizing library books. Students will understand that the Dewey Decimal System has ten main categories. Students will practice classification of books into the main Dewey categories. Ask them to imagine what the media center would be like if books were not organized, but just placed on the shelf randomly. Introduce the Dewey Decimal System of classification and Melvil Dewey.