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Dewey and the Alien

Dewey and the Alien. Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Alien/alien.htm. Introduction. One day, while Melvil Dewey was walking in Central Park, he saw a UFO.  He became terrified of it, and ran to take cover. Introduction (cont’d).

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Dewey and the Alien

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  1. Dewey and the Alien Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Alien/alien.htm

  2. Introduction One day, while Melvil Dewey was walking in Central Park, he saw a UFO.  He became terrified of it, and ran to take cover.

  3. Introduction (cont’d) The UFO approached Central Park with a loud noise and bright lights surrounding it.  A weird looking creature stepped out of the space craft.  Dewey got up from the ground and peeked out from behind a tree.

  4. Alien Story,100-200 They stood staring at each other, and then they got up enough nerve to ask: We think  about ourselves:  100s - Psychology and Philosophy

  5. Alien Story,100-200 (cont’d) Melvil and the alien looked at each other with puzzled expressions and noticed how different they were from each other.  As they stood, they wondered to themselves: We wonder about each others’ creators: 200 – Religion and Mythology

  6. Alien Story,300-400 Dewey realized that the alien's world must be very different from the United States.  He decided to take him to learn about our government. People learn to get along together:  300s - Social Sciences

  7. Alien Story,300-400 Dewey knew that the alien would  need to learn how tocommunicate with people. 400s - LanguagesWe communicate with each other.

  8. Alien Story,500 - 600 Dewey and the alien began to stroll around, and Dewey explained life on planet earth. We learn about Nature and the world around  us:500s -  Natural Science.

  9. Alien Story,500 - 600 Dewey explained to the alien that humans have changed Nature to make life easier. How we can make Nature useful?  600s - Applied Science

  10. Alien Story,700-800 Dewey explained to the alien that technology has made life easier on Planet Earth.  It gives us more free time to do what we want.  Dewey and the alien took a spare moment to shoot hoops. 700s - Fine Arts and Recreation

  11. Alien Story,700-800 Dewey told the alien that over the years, with all the spare time, people have written poems, stories, and plays. 800s - Literature

  12. Alien Story, 900-000 Dewey and the alien had a fabulous day.  He invited the alien to visit the library where he worked.   Dewey gave him a tour of the library and explained how his decimal classification system worked. While there, they decided to make a memory of their day on Planet Earth by making a scrapbook.  They wrote what will become history sooner or later - their day together! 900s - Geography and History

  13. Alien Story, 900-000 As the Alien prepared to leave, he told Dewey, "When I get back to my planet, I want to group all my books in this new awesome way.  But, which hundred group should I put my scrapbook in?" Dewey replied, "That's easy!  You would put it in the 000s - General Works.  That's where we put encyclopedias because they contain so much information that you can't describe them in one category!" 000s - General Works - Encyclopedias, books about libraries,museums, journalism, computers, and controversial or unexplained topics.

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