Grade 6 · Social Studies · Lesson 30

International organizations

Some problems are bigger than a single country. Trade flows across borders. Diseases ignore passports. Climate change affects every continent. To work on shared challenges, countries form international organizations — groups of governments that meet, negotiate, and act together. The most important of these is the United Nations, but many others handle specific regions or jobs.

What this lesson teaches

1Name the major international organizations and describe what each does
2Explain the role of the United Nations and identify two of its key bodies
3Compare the purposes of the European Union, ASEAN, and the World Bank
4Define a treaty and explain why countries sign treaties with each other

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