Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School
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Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School is the elementary school that Roosevelt Franklin attended. Sometimes, Roosevelt would sneak into a class when the teacher wasn't around and teach the class himself.
Roosevelt's classmates/pupils included Hard Head Henry Harris, Smart Tina, Suzetta and Baby Bree Boo Bop A Doo, and Baby Breeze.
The blackboard background used in these skits was recycled for the song "Sound It Out."
Sketches
| Picture | Summary | Earliest Known Appearance | Description |
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 | | Roosevelt spells out the word POISON and explains what it means. | |
 | | | Roosevelt tells the class that they themselves are as great as anybody can be. |
| | | | Roosevelt teaches the class about traffic. |
| | | | Roosevelt teaches the class the difference between high and low. |
 | | | 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. |
 | | With the class singing along (and Hard Head 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."
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 | | | 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." |
 | | | Roosevelt instructs the class in an exercise: "Lean to the left! Lean to the right! Stand up, sit down! (Outta sight!)" |
 | | | Roosevelt makes sure the class knows the difference between loud and soft. "Don't tell me I can't teach." |
 | | | Roosevelt finds that Suzetta is upset, because Hard Head 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. |
| | | | Roosevelt Franklin talks to his class about some of the great black people in history. |
 | Roosevelt Franklin teahces the class the difference between "here" and "there". He demonstrates by having a letter for Hard Head 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.
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