Paragon is an award-winning, accelerated learning program. Paragon was developed by Dr. Dawn Eidelman and has been classroom tested around the world since 1997. The full program extends from preschool through high school. This particular SlideShare focuses on the program serving students in K-Grade 5. To learn more about Paragon, visit us on YouTube and Google+ at: www.bit.ly/paragonvideos or emails us at paragon@mosaicaeducation.com

1. PREVIEWING PARAGON™
A World of Ideas that Makes a World of Difference

2. Paragon™ is an award-winning
accelerated learning program.
It takes students on a school-wide
journey through world culture—
beginning at the start of the
school year in the Ancient World,
and concluding in current day by
the end of the year.

3. Students explore different
countries and cultures as they
progress from grade to grade—and
always cover the full span of
history each year.
Through this spiral design,
Paragon™ creates a strong
framework of learning that
students build upon year after
year.

4. Paragon™ replaces traditional
Social Studies, History, Civics
and Geography lessons. It also
integrates the Visual &
Performing Arts and serves as
a double dose of Literacy
instruction.

5. Paragon™ instills Cultural
Literacy and teaches skills
that are essential to living and
working in a connected world
and in a global economy.

6. First graders will
meet me…and my
woolly mammoth!
Won’t they love
exploring the
Stone Age with
us?

7. Paragon™ was created by a
Humanities Professor who
believed in the power of
curiosity. She observed the
ability of her own children to
grasp high level concepts at a
young age—often more easily
than the college freshmen she
was teaching.

8. We will explore
together the wonders
of Ancient Egypt!

9. Uninspired by the traditional
learning options available for
her children, she attracted a
group of talented
professionals from a wide
variety of backgrounds to
develop Paragon™–a model of
excellence.

10. Here in Imperial Rome, we will
guide our Paragon Friends to
answer the question:
What do we learn from the
ruins of an empire?

11. The Paragon™ Design Team
created a well-researched,
authentic and immersive
learning experience for
students. One small example is
the visual storyboards that
feature artwork by an artist
trained in costume design and
period clothing.

12. I will guide students as they
explore how civilizations
change over time, and we
experience daily life in the
Mayan rain forest.

13. Paragon™ is where the Pages
of history come to life!
Lessons are guided by these
“Paragon Pages” who students
follow throughout time and
place on their journey through
a world class, global education.

14. With me, Paragon Friends
will explore the land of the
Inca!

15. 90-minute Paragon™ lessons
each afternoon are the time of
day when all of the subject
areas come together for
students:
Archeology, Engineering, Literature,
Visual Arts & Performing Arts,
History, Math, the Sciences & the
Social Sciences…

16. We will guide our Paragon Friends as
they travel the Silk Road!

17. In each lesson, students step
into the shoes of great
leaders, thinkers and
innovators throughout history
and explore essential questions
such as:
How do explorers connect
cultures?

18. We will welcome our Paragon
Friends to the Renaissance!

19. After studying authentic
materials from across the
disciplines, students
collaborate with their peers
to explore the possibilities,
impacts and implications.

20. We’ll guide our Paragon Friends as they explore
the Northwest Coast Indians.

21. Learning is further enlivened
when students engage their
hands, minds and hearts in
making and creating projects
relevant to the essential
question in study.

22. Together, we will discover
answers to the essential
question: How do cultures
interact and stay unique?

23. Throughout the school year,
projects typically include:
Cooking, Archeological Digs,
Engineering, Public Speaking,
Architecture & Design, Music,
Performance Art, Sculpture,
Weaving—other Visual Arts, etc.

24. We will welcome
Paragon Friends to
Colonial America!

25. Each 5-week unit of study
culminates in Paragon™ Night
where all students engage in
showcasing their knowledge
and skills in a school-wide
production for their parents
and the greater community.

26. We will invite students to join
us in Victorian England.
We will
explore how
a civilization
is defined by
an era.

27. “My children are engaged. They
come home from school and are
talking about it. Paragon™ has
definitely enhanced what they
know and how they are learning.
It’s beautiful to see them really
happy about what they are
learning.”
- Elementary School Parent

28. We will help our Paragon
Friends explore the
innovations of the 21st
century.
We’ll see how these
changes in society
impact people like
you and me!

29. “What I like about Paragon™ is
the hands-on activities because it
helps me learn. When we made
African masks, I kind of felt like I
was in Africa making the masks, so
it helps me understand the culture
and why they are making things
like that.”
- Elementary School Student

30. LEARN MORE! www.bit.ly/paragonvideos