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If you’ve thought about abandoning the Dewey Decimal System, but dread the work of creating a new classification system, look no further.  

This is a system designed by Kristie Miller and Christopher Harris and it’s yours to use, change, whatever.  Isn’t that cool of them?

Elementary School Classification System

By Kristie Miller and Christopher Harris

• The Living World

  • Animals
    • Wild Animals (By Class then Name)
      • Mammals
        • Cats
        • Bears
        • Etc.
      • Reptiles
        • Etc
    • Domesticated Animals (By Name)
      • Cow (all types)
      • Dogs (all types)
      • Etc.
      • Working Animals
  • Plants
    • Trees
    • Plants
    • Flowers
    • Fungi
  • Agriculture
    • The Farm
      • Farm Equipment
      • Barns and Farm Buildings
      • Farm Crops
    • The Garden
      • Garden Plants
        • Fruits and Vegetables
        • Flowers and Houseplants
    • Soil
  • Dinosaurs and Pre-Historic Life
    • Dinosaurs
    • Pre-historic Plants
    • Pre-historic Animals

• STEM

  • Science
    • Life Science
      • Biomes
        • Tundra
        • Grasslands
        • Etc.
      • Food Webs
    • Earth Science
      • Geology
        • Fossils
        • Rocks and Minerals
      • Forces of Nature
        • Volcanoes
        • Earthquakes
        • Glaciers
        • Tsunamis
        • Etc.
      • Landforms
        • Mountains
        • Oceans
        • Rivers
        • Lakes
        • Etc.
    • Weather / Severe Weather
      • Hurricanes
      • Tornados
      • Lightning
      • Etc.
    • Seasons
    • Space
      • Planets
      • The Sun
      • The Moon
      • Stars
      • Space Travel
    • Physics
      • Energy and Forces
        • Heat
        • Light
        • Sound
        • Motion
        • Weight
        • Magnets
        • Gravity
      • Building Blocks
        • Elements
        • Atoms
    • Science Experiments
  • Technology
    • Transportation
      • Ground
        • Cars
        • Trucks
        • Motorcycles
        • Bicycles
        • Motorsports (eg. Snowmobiles, BMX, NASCAR)
      • Air
      • Water
  • Engineering (architecture etc)
    • Construction
      • Construction Equipment
      • Materials
        • Wood
        • Plastic
        • Glass
        • Etc.
    • Architecture
      • Bridges
      • Dams
      • Buildings
      • Etc.
    • Inventions and Inventors
    • Futurism
    • Communication Technologies
      • Computers
      • Internet
      • Etc.
    • Television and Movies
      • The Technology
      • Making Movies/TV shows
      • History of
      • Books about movies/shows
        • Star Wars Vehicles
    • Energy
      • Natural Resources
      • Electricity
  • Mathematics
    • Time
    • Numbers
    • Measurement
    • Computation
      • Addition
      • Subtraction
      • Etc.
    • Advanced Math

• Healthy Living

  • Health
    • The Body
    • Exercise
  • Medicine
    • Diseases
    • First Aid
    • Medical Technology
    • Death
  • Food and Cooking
    • Cookbooks
    • Special Diets
    • International Foods
    • Holiday Foods
    • Historical Foods
    • Types of Food
      • Sugar
      • Meat
      • Etc.

• The Arts

  • Art and Artists
    • Artistic Concepts
      • Color
      • Perspective
      • Etc.
    • Drawing
    • Painting
    • Sculpture
    • Art History
    • Artists and their works
  • Music
    • Musical Concepts
    • Instruments
      • Woodwinds
      • Brass
      • Strings
      • Vocal
      • Etc.
    • Music History
    • Musicians and their works
  • Theatre Arts
    • Theatre Concepts
    • Theatre History
    • Dramas
    • Musicals

• Play

  • Sports
    • Football
    • Baseball
    • Horsemanship
    • Hunting/Fishing
    • Camping/Hiking
    • Winter sports
    • Etc.
  • Toys
  • Games
    • Video
    • Analog
  • Jokes and Riddles
  • Puzzles
    • Crafts and Hobbies
    • Woodworking
    • Metalworking
    • Paper crafts
    • Knitting
    • Sewing
    • Collecting
    • Etc.

• Social Studies (history and political geography)

  • History and Countries
    • Local
    • State (New York)
      • Erie Canal
    • US
      • Native People
      • Pre-Colonial
      • Colonial
      • Revolutionary
      • Civil War and Reconstruction
      • The States
      • Etc.
    • World
      • The Americas
      • Asia
      • Australia and Pacific Islands
      • Europe
      • Africa
      • Middle East
      • United Nations
    • Explorers
  • Government
    • Executive
    • Legislative
    • Judicial
    • The Military
      • Military Vehicles
      • Branches of Service
      • Weapons
    • Special Agencies
      • FBI
      • CIA
      • Sky Marshals
      • Etc.
  • Communities and Community Helpers
    • The Hospital
      • Doctors
      • Ambulances
      • EMTS
    • The Police Station
      • Police
        • Crime
        • Forensics
    • The Fire Department
    • The Library
    • The Market
    • The Museum
    • The School
    • The College or University
    • The Bank
    • Journalism
    • Careers
    • Community Groups
    • Holidays and Traditions
    • Clothes and Costumes
    • Rural communities
    • Urban communities
  • The Environment
    • Trash
    • Pollution
    • Recycling
    • Sustainable Energy
  • Community Issues
    • Terrorism
    • Sexism
    • Racism
    • Child Abuse
    • Bullying
    • Death and Dying
  • Religion
    • Alphabetical by religion (mythology under traditional literature)

• Languages

  • History of Languages
  • ELA Concepts
    • Rhyming
    • Alliteration
    • Etc.
  • LOTE
  • Sign Language
  • Writing
  • Language Reference Books

• Fiction

  • Poetry
  • Fantasy
    • Collections
    • By Author
  • Historical
    • Collections
    • By Author
  • Pullout Series
  • Traditional Literature
    • Mythology
    • Folk/Fairy Tales by Region
    • The Supernatural and Unexplained / Modern Legends
  • Literary Criticism

This elementary school classification system is released under a Creative Commons attribution, non-commercial, share-and-share-alike license.