Law and Morality
	War & Related Effects On Civil Liberties - Roy H. Matthews, Santa Ana High School
	This curriculum unit takes a look at some of those who are affected negatively by the effects of war or times of war -- specifically those who lost a portion of or all of their civil liberties. This is by no means an exhaustive study of the subject, and in an effort to harness it to some degree, I have selected examples or situations pertaining primarily, but not exclusively, to those in the United States. One might ask what is so important about making a study or writing a curriculum unit about the loss of civil liberties during war-time or anytime? Former United Nations Secretary General U Thant was once quoted as saying, "In times of war, truth is the first casualty." Nationally syndicated columnist, Nat Hentoff, noted in an editorial in the New York Times that "the most dangerous military conflict in Europe since the Second World War (Yugoslavia - Kosovo - Serbs - Albanians) will conclude as a victory for the principles of democracy and human rights." Some wise philosopher a long time ago said, "You don't miss the water 'til the well runs dry." We who live in a land of plenty take plenty of things for granted, but our civil liberties shouldn't be included in that list. But exactly what are civil liberties? What is meant by those "things" we want to be sure we guard against being taken away from us in the first place? This curriculum unit examines answers to these questions and others.