Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School

Exterior shot of Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School.

Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School is the elementary school that Roosevelt Franklin attended. "Alma Mamma" served as the segment's theme song.

The series of sketches involved Roosevelt assuming the role of teacher. His classmates/pupils included Hardhead Henry Harris, Smart Tina, Suzetta Something, and Baby Breeze. All of these characters were voiced by the same actors who played the adults on Sesame Street.

Picture	EKA	Description
	Episode 0510	Loud and Soft Roosevelt makes sure the class knows the difference between loud and soft. "Don't tell me I can't teach." Video: Old School: Volume 2, 40 Years of Sunny Days
	Episode 0514	Poison Roosevelt spells out the word POISON and explains what it means.
	Episode 0515	Great People Roosevelt's class is feeling bored when he comes in, so he asks them to name some great people. Some of the names shouted out include Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr., Aretha Franklin, John F. Kennedy, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, and Joe Namath (Smart Tina says her pediatrician, which gets her funny looks). Roosevelt says those are all great people, but there are two they left out, and one of them is you. You are as great as you want to be and nobody can put you down. After their spirits are lifted, Hardhead Henry Harris asks who the other great person is. Roosevelt Franklin names himself as the class responds in mock derision.
	Episode 0517	Traffic Roosevelt has Baby Breeze teach the class about traffic. Smart Tina thinks all one has to do is look at the traffic lights, but Baby Breeze tells her one should also look out for cars.
	Episode 0518	Up and Down Roosevelt has his students stand up and sit down to learn about the opposites.
	Episode 0529	Doghouse Using pictures on the blackboard, Roosevelt Franklin tells the class a story about two little dogs who find a big ol' bone in a doghouse. They try to take the bone, but it turns out that it belongs to a big, mean dog, who chases them away. The moral of the story: "If something's not yours, leave it alone; could be a big ol' dog in the doghouse."
	Episode 0534	Morty Moot Mope Roosevelt Franklin tells the story of an old king named Morty Moot Mope, from the kingdom of Boebitty Bope, who loves to hear words that sound the same. Morty has trouble finding words that rhyme with his name, so he calls upon Same Sound Brown to do it. Book: Sesame Street Unpaved
	Episode 0535	High and Low Roosevelt teaches the class the difference between high and low.
	Episode 0592	To Be Born a Duck With the class singing along (and Hardhead Henry Harris providing a snare beat on his desk), Roosevelt teaches a story about pride in oneself. The story involves a duck who is told by a chicken that it's "bad luck to be born a duck," because a duck can't cluck or do anything a chicken can do. It's not until the duck learns that he can swim that he realizes it's "good luck to be born a duck."
	Episode 0666	Africa Roosevelt talks to his class about Africa. Smart Tina thinks that Africa is just a big jungle, because she's seen it that way in Tarzan movies. Roosevelt corrects her; only a small portion of Africa is a jungle. Africa also has cities and deserts and lakes. Hard Head Henry Harris compares Africa to Smart Tina. Video: Old School: Volume 2
	Episode 0713	Here and There Roosevelt Franklin teaches the class the difference between "here" and "there". He demonstrates by having a letter for Hardhead Henry Harris (here), and delivering it to him (over there), with Smart Tina portraying a mailbox, and Baby Breeze taking it to him. Upon reading the letter, Harris is insulted and chases Roosevelt. Online: (YouTube)
	Episode 0729	Exercise Roosevelt instructs the class in an exercise: "Lean to the left! Lean to the right! Stand up, sit down! (That's alright!)"
	Episode 0744	Poems The students recite poems about things they had to practice at. Book: Sesame Street Unpaved
	Episode 0749	Hurt Feelings Roosevelt finds that Suzetta is upset, because Hardhead Henry Harris called her a cantaloupe head. Roosevelt tells her that when you're upset with someone, you should tell them how you feel. He negotiates a peace settlement.
	Episode 0778	Rain Baby Breeze is mad because the rain has ruined his plans for a picnic. He goes outside to try and beat up the rain, then realizes what a silly idea that is.
	Episode 0781	Too Cool to Cry