This booklet is the result of the 2001 summer institute for teachers held at the Albertson College of Idaho (Caldwell). The booklet states that the 6-day institute, attended by 21 Idaho teachers, explored how the history and traditions of different cultures can be found in each person's community. Using Idaho's Latino community as a model, "Cultural Roots" featured daily lectures, panel discussions, fieldwork, and special evening presentations by local musicians, dancers, and nationally recognized folklorists. The booklet contains five sections: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Foreword"; (3) "Model Projects" (Basque Music, Creating Resources of Your Own, Family Food Traditions, Latin American Literature, Mines and Minds, Over There!, Quilts, We Are Important and We Have a Picture and a Story to Prove It!, Who We Are, Working in the Payette Area, World War II: Selected Homefront Stories from Idaho); (4) "Appendices" (Folklore Genres; Verbal, Material, and Customary Lore); and (6) "Resources" (Content Rich Folklore Web sites). The model projects suggest appropriate grade level, recommend disciplines/subjects to be integrated, provide teaching ideas, address learning skills and/or state standards, and offer a detailed unit description for classroom implementation. (BT)