The math lessons were based on curriculum developed by the Detroit Public School System. ACL K-2 features Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Lake Victoria and Uganda located in East Africa. The content focuses on counting and measurement. ACL 3-5 features Northern and Western Africa and uses the countries of Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone to teach whole numbers and numeration, fractions, decimals, ratio and percent, measurement, geometry and problem solving. ACL 6-8 features South Africa.
Children learn measurement and geometry skills while exploring a beach in Cape Town.
They learn how the Egyptian area of a circle method was constructed while visualizing a Zambian tribal ceremony.