The biggest thing for me (coming from a clothing sewing background) was learning to PRESS not iron.
But to go back to your teaching plan--think of it as packing to go on vacation. One lays out all the the clothes one thinks will be needed and then puts at least half back in the closet.
You have an extremely ambitious plan that really sounds more like 'Quilting Boot Camp' than Quilting 101. I would be intimidated by the amount of information you want to cover in a weekend and I am an experienced quilter. What happens to the person who is turned off by your first lessons or just can't get past the first few steps?