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Betty Ford: One Day at a Time

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Students view a video about Betty Ford and how her candid admission of her own battles with addiction has enabled others to face their own addictions. She has done the same for breast cancer, since she was First Lady of the US.

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6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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