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Gazetteer

curriculum

The inquiry

How might a child meet the world through places, stories, maps, and daily practice?

Story

A place-centered homeschool and worldschooling system joining geography, biography, nature, culture, and field observation. The work is presented here as part of a living system rather than as an isolated product: its meaning comes from the people, practices, and neighboring works that make it useful.

The Gazetteer became a recurring frame for daily worksheets, Montessori studio work, travel, and family learning.

Complete a four-week pilot unit, establish age-banded page templates, and gather evidence from actual family use.