Human rights are those essentials of human existence that are inherent in the species. They are moral claims that satisfy the basic needs of all human beings. Ten major goals and numerous objectives were developed to undergird the Detroit (Michigan) curriculum, and this guide is established around the 10 major goals for teaching students about human rights with activities and resources appropriate for elementary students. Each of the 38 lessons is structured around one of the major goals and provides objectives, learner outcomes, activities, and resources. The 10 goals help develop understandings that: (1) all people are interdependent; (2) all ethnic groups are unique and worthwhile; (3) the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration of the Rights of the Child are a goal for world peace and cooperation; (4) governments at national, state, and local levels affect one's human rights; (5) self-esteem in individuals is enhanced through the knowledge of human rights; (6) all people must be treated with dignity and respect; (7) apathy and indifference foster inhuman conditions; (8) racism, sexism, and genocide have been the results of political and economic structures of particular societies; (9) people have historically attempted to make their world a better place in which to live; and (10) myths and stereotypes about different people should be eliminated. (SM)