This teaching guide relates to the three mandated outreach programmes of the United Nations: history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the Holocaust and the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Please feel free to use elements that will be suitable for your students. While teaching about human rights violations can be challenging, it is important for educators to illuminate the values that underpin a rights-based society. Included are suggestions about approaches that may be helpful.