Welcome to WASHINGTON INTERACTIVE

A better way to teach Washington state history and geography for middle school students

The New 2023-24 Version is out now! More student articles, which now include narration, updated picture galleries, and a new student challenge, along with the much anticipated FURTIVE III, the last companion novel of the series!

Washington Interactive is a digital Washington state history and geography curriculum written specifically for middle school, built around the Common Core State Standards, not only in social studies, but in reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Created by Washington state teachers, this curriculum has been written around the CCSS. We've paid close attention to CCSS targets so that teachers have what they need in an easy to use format.

A new way to teach

We knew this program needed to be different than the traditional textbook. Therefore, our program contains 3 essential parts AND A FEW EXTRAS:

• Furtive: In order to hook students into history and geography, we needed an engaging story, one that has characters and situations students can make connections with. Therefore, students follow key characters as they try to solve the mysteries left by clues as it relates to history and geography. Each chapter in the book relates to the region of study. We use the student text to not only engage students, but teach them through the dialogue and situations the characters encounter. The name of the novel is called FURTIVE.
• Student Articles: The Student Articles are the core text. Think of this as your traditional textbook only digital. These dynamic web pages are written as one page articles to keep student interest. By doing this, teachers have the flexibility to use only the articles they need and schools don't have to worry about textbooks degrading over time. An added bonus to this is the ability to update pages and inserts as we modify and add to the curriculum.

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• Picture Galleries: Over the years of teaching we realized that many of our students hadn't seen much of the state. A textbook can only give a student so much. Field trips are great, but there are too many areas in Washington to get to and that can get expensive, so we created Picture Galleries. The Galleries are high resolution pictures of the area of study so students get a chance to see what the area looks like. The Picture Galleries come with the curriculum so teachers have a total package: An engaging Student Text with Furtive, Student Articles, and Picture Galleries, giving students the best experience possible. And with our new version, we've added student challenges, a fun component that reinforces geography skills.
• Downloadable Content: As we continue to build on the existing curriculum, we release Downloadable Content that is an add on. Our first DLC contains additional student articles, along with the highly anticipated sequel to the student text, Furtive II.

The essential parts

Student Text: FURTIVE

The engaging story that will hook students from the beginning as they follow four key characters throughout the state. The Student Text, titled Furtive, works in conjunction with the Student Articles and Assessments.

STUDENT ARTICLES

Teachers have the flexibility to teach in a variety of ways, simply not page after page as we've done for years with traditional texts.

Picture galleries

With over 200 high def pictures, students get to experience Washington at a whole new level.

HEre's an example on how it works