Developing Self-Esteem

Developing Self-Esteem was a 7-part series of films produced in 1985 by Guidance Associates in cooperation with the Children’s Television Workshop. The series featured live-action and animation clips from Sesame Street having to do with self-esteem, and was distributed to classrooms on 16mm film (as opposed to videotape).
==Part 1: Developing Self-Awareness==
Picture	Segment	Description
 	Muppets	"Ladies and gentlemen, the Starlight Hotel takes great pride in presenting the world's favorite six-year-old entertainer, Miss Prairie Dawn!" Prairie sings "All By Myself" with a backup group of monsters.
 	Cartoon	A baby climbs up the stairs all by himself.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Me."
==Part 2: Personal Identity==
Picture	Segment	Description
 	Muppets	Two Anything Muppets sing "Me" in both English and Spanish.
 	Insert 	Bob and Olivia talk with two kids about names, then sing "I Like My Name."
 	Cartoon	A little girl sings "There Is Only One Me."
==Part 3: Overcoming Stereotypes==
Picture	Segment	Description
 	Muppets	A group of female Anything Muppets sing about the many things "Women Can Be."
 	Cartoon	A real Indian boy tells two boys who are playing Cowboy and Indian that Indians don't say "ugh". The other kids tell him that they heard the expression on TV.
 	Cartoon	A rooster finds a purpose in his life when he's given the job to wake everyone on a farm.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Proud".
==Part 4: Pride in Accomplishment==
Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets / Cast	Bob and the Anything Muppets sing "Anybody Can Sing."
 	Cartoon 	A duckling dresses itself, naming all the parts of its coat.Artist: Cathryn Aison
 	Cast 	Bob sings "Can Do" with the kids about all the things they know how to do.
==Part 5: Setting Goals and Persevering==
Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Street Scene	At night, Marv Albert reports on a legendary event: Gladys the Cow, who has been training for months with her coach Gordon, will now attempt to jump over the moon. Excited to be on TV, Gladys takes a running start and sails into the sky, but misses the moon. Gladys is embarrassed over her crash, but Gordon encourages her to keep trying and take a longer run. She tries again with the same result. A tearful Gladys is ready to give up, but Gordon suggests for her to do a yell on her next jump. Sure enough, this is enough for Gladys to sail over the moon. In sight of the spectacle, Barkley "laughs" and the dish and spoon zip out of sight. Upon landing, Gladys has one thing to say to the television audience - "Hi mom!"This scene is from Episode 1910.
==Part 6: Living With Disabilities==
Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Celebrity	Big Bird learns about disabilities from Itzhak Perlman and Rafael.
 	Celebrity	Itzhak Perlman and a girl demonstrate their strengths and weaknesses.
 	Song 	"Me and My Chair"
 	Animation	The big green balls and one little orange ball ride over the top of the hills. The little one can't make it over the big hill, but conquers the small hill.
==Part 7: Practice as a Way to Achieve Goals==
Picture	Segment 	Description
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Edith Ann talks to Herry about being proud.
 	Film 	Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays.
 	Cartoon 	A boy learns to play his violin.
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