Yes, mikrokosmos for Pd is a great example (I assume you are talking about Bela Bartok's Mikrokosmos, which he wrote for his kids to learn piano).

I started some sketches along those lines that I call "play now". The idea was a set of patches with most of the guts hidden with a clear, straightforward interface. The total newbie could then open the first patch and basically instantly start controlling the sound in real time. As they learned more, they could open the [pd guts] to see what's going on inside.

For the SC help, The main thing I see you after here is that you can get help no matter where you are. I can see this fitting into PD where the popup menu on objects gives you the choice between help for that particular object, help in an all_about patch that includes this object, or the start of a tutorial on using that object...