Grade 6 · Social Studies · Lesson 31

Global challenges and cooperation

Some challenges are too big for any one country to solve alone. Pollution drifts across borders. A disease that starts in one city can spread to every continent in weeks. Refugees fleeing war need safe places to live. Nuclear weapons in one country threaten everyone. Modern global challenges are SHARED — and that is why countries cooperate.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify global challenges that cross national borders and explain why cooperation is needed
2Describe the Paris Agreement and the role of the United Nations on climate change
3Match global challenges to the international body that leads the response
4Explain why no single country can solve climate change, pandemics, or refugee crises alone

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