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World of Change has been written for the new Senior Cycle Geography specification for implementation in August 2026.
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 Israel 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 for mixed-ability learners using scaffolded tasks, diagrams, vocabulary boxes, and skill-building steps
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
PUBLISHER: EDCO
ISBN: 9781802302974
School Level: Secondary
Class: Senior Cycle
Subject: Geography
Publication Date: 2026
Author(s): Lee O’Donnell & Niall Lenehan













