Guitar Lessons

I'm no teacher by any means, but judging from my niece and nephew, who were just starting, there are three basic elements you should play with.

I'll get to them, but since you're in a hurry here's some (un)educated advice:

• Combine learning chords with learning songs they like that are just a tiny bit above their level
• Combine learning scales and 1234 exercises with learning solos in the same fashion
• Show them one of the greats in every style in every lesson as inspiration only (never tell them "If you practice blah, blah, blah - it's dishonest and they know it: a master has praticed and played thousands of hours over years to hone his natural talent)

A bit more:

1 - Combine training with learning songs (Nirvana's "Come as you are" is always a good choice because of it's two simple chords and riff), and imbue from the start without being overbearing that training and learning allows them to play THEIR favourite songs. They'd come to you with those ones.

2 - Familiarize them with the instrument - how to finger, how to strum, how many frets are there, what kinds of strings are there and what do they do, how to tune - or at least use a tuner... - even what different guitars there are, classical, semi-accoustic, electric etc. A teacher would probably also have to deal with buying their first guitar, which is a HUGE responsability and can have all kinds of effects on the student. Some like accoustic, some like electric - there's no point in forcing either way, for example.

3 - To go right to the goal of your question, a project would have to combine those two elements with something that could be used by the teacher and enjoyed by the student. It's important to keep the learning curve as relaxed as possible in the beginning, but the thing is - if you're not playing/practising something you can't quite do in the guitar (like anything else) you neither adapt nor improve.

I have no idea if my insomnia driven rant helped you - I sincerely hope so.