Students will strengthen reading, research, and a multitude of other skills by becoming more familiar with the location, physical features, lifestyles, and traditions of families living in sixteen different countries in the world. This will reinforce and develop their skills in brainstorming, making comparisons, noting similarities and differences, researching using the Internet, and surveying and graphing. These information sheets and activities were designed to promote a more accepting and understanding attitude towards people from other lands through knowledge gained while researching and completing the various activities.