Project+Outline

Introduction Oh, no! It's a disaster! During construction at your school, the workers accidentally knocked down the library. All of the books are in huge piles, and they're all mixed up. Volunteers have arrived, but they and the workers are scratching their heads trying to figure out what to do. They know there's some logical way to sort them out, but they don't know what it is. They need help! You and your teammates are experts in the Dewey Decimal system, and you have been called in to create a basic handbook that will help them. You are the __"SWAT"__ Team - //__**Shelve With a Theme!**__// It's up to you to tell the volunteers what the Dewey Decimal System is, who developed it, why it is useful, and how it is organized.

The Task "SWAT"Team members, you will create a handbook to explain the Dewey Decimal System in a logical way to the volunteers. You will use a word processing or a publishing program to produce your handbook, and include original illustrations or other pictures. Included in your book must be the following:

This task is taken from the web site [|http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/libplans.html#dewey]
 * 1) A short biography of Melvil Dewey.
 * 2) A brief history of how the Dewey Decimal System was developed.
 * 3) One chapter (one to two paragraphs long) about each of the ten major classes of the Dewey Decimal System.
 * 4) A closing chapter which tells why the Dewey Decimal System is helpful to us. (especially in light of the book disaster)
 * 5) A title page, table of contents, and bibliography/webliography. (Just like a bibliography is a list of books, a webliography is a list of web sites!)