World Of Change
Leaving Certificate Geography
World of Change has been written for the new Senior Cycle Geography specification for implementation in August 2026.
This fresh, clear and user-friendly package developed by highly experienced and well-known teachers Lee O’Donnell and Niall Lenehan has been designed to support and help Leaving Certificate Geography students to be exam ready.
The World of Change package includes:
- A Student Textbook
- A Student Skills Book
- A Free Student e-Book
- Free Teacher’s Resources
- Free Digital Resources
STUDENT TEXTBOOK
Fully aligned to the new Senior Cycle Geography Specification (2025) with explicit linkage to Learning Outcomes and the Unifying Strand
Each chapter is structured around clear Learning Intentions, high-quality explanations, accurate geographic terminology, and high-leverage assessment tasks
- Levelled ‘Check Your Understanding’ questions that progress from basic recall to advanced analytical tasks
- Integrated ‘Write Like a Geographer’ extended-writing tasks developing structured, exam-standard long-question responses
- High-quality diagrams and visual supports, including annotated diagrams, maps, and visual stimulus to help illustrate complex concepts and bring the material to life
- Case-study-driven approach, from the detailed Haiti 2021 earthquake case study that includes tectonic causes, impacts, and aftershock data, to the study of geopolitics of Isreal and Palestine
- Retrieval practice embedded through Knowledge Retrieval activities at the start of each topic – enabling students to update their prior knowledge and provides connections to previous topics they have studied
- Student-friendly explanations of complex concepts such as seismic waves, divergent boundary processes, and liquefaction
- Integrated links to videos, articles, and real scientific datasets, enhancing digital literacy and independent learning
Designed with inclusivity in mind for mixed-ability learners using scaffolded tasks, diagrams, vocabulary boxes, and skill-building steps
STUDENT SKILLS BOOK
World of Change Student Skills Book mirrors the content of the textbook and provides students with opportunities to integrate their geographical knowledge and apply to a wide variety of key skills.
Parallel chapter to the textbook developing the same content using skills tasks
Tailte Éireann maps, aerial photos, satellite images, GIS-based tasks, earthquake intensity mapping, and graph interpretation activities
‘Write Like a Geographer’ activities to develop student’s capacity to answer questions
FREE TEACHER’S RESOURCES
To help support teachers to effectively teach the New LC Geography course, World of Change offers:
- A printed Teacher’s Resource Book packed with supports to help you implement the new course
- Fully editable lesson plans
- PowerPoints that break each statement from the specification into an explicit set of Learning Sequences that streamline teacher planning and sequencing of concepts
- Fully editable Schemes of Work and Units of Learning that plan each element of the Leaving Certificate Geography course for teachers while still enabling teachers to adapt to the context of their school
- Sample answers for all Questions provided in the book
- An Active Methodologies & Research Activities document that plans and provides active methodologies and research activities that extend learners beyond the tasks in the book and encourage inquiry-based learning
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Students and teachers can access the World of Change interactive e-book at www.edcolearning.ie, plus a bank of free digital resources, including:
› Teacher PowerPoint presentations
› Sample Answers to all textbook questions for teachers
› Self-marking quizzes for retrieval practice for students
› Downloadable worksheets for home study for students
› Short demonstration videos embedded through QR codes or platform links third-party videos
› Editable planning documents and scheme of work for teachers
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Lee O’Donnell is a Geography & History teacher at Woodbrook College in Bray, Co. Wicklow. He is the author of The Natural World LC Geography book with Edco. Additionally, he is the co-author of A History of Change JC History textbook. Furthermore, Lee works in University College Dublin as a Geography/History Methodology Lecturer and PME Supervisor. Lee also works as a content creator for Exam Revision. Host of the Leaving Certificate revision podcast Skin in the Game. Additionally, he holds an Assistant Principal post in his school.
Niall Lenehan is a teacher of History and Geography in Dunshaughlin Community College, Co. Meath. He has authored several books, including Revise Wise Junior Cycle History and A History of Change Junior Cycle History. He frequently delivers CPD seminars to teachers around the country through various education centres, covering topics including retrieval practice, curriculum design & planning, and developing critical thinking. He is vastly experienced in the area of online learning having designed and delivered Junior Cycle History and Geography courses for digital learning platforms such as Homeschool.ie and Exam Revision.