Grade 4 · Reading · Lesson 22

Read About Global Issues

Texts about global issues — such as climate change, water scarcity, or poverty — are usually structured around three key ideas: the Problem (what is wrong), the Cause (why it is happening), and the Solution (what can be done). Recognizing this structure helps you read and remember complex nonfiction.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify the problem, cause, and solution structure in global-issue texts
2Sort information about global issues into Problem, Cause, and Solution categories
3Match global issues to the regions most affected by them

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