Adds in notes about Projects and milestones

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diff --git a/episodes/05-forks.md b/episodes/05-forks.md
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+### Projects, milestones, and labels
+
+Your instructor has set up a Project and some custom milestones
+for you to add to your Issue.
+
+- [Labels](https://docs.github.com/en/issues/using-labels-and-milestones-to-track-work/managing-labels)
+  help you classify Issues and PRs.
+- [Milestones](https://docs.github.com/en/issues/using-labels-and-milestones-to-track-work/about-milestones)
+  group Issues and PRs, tracking their progress towards a common milestone automatically.
+- [Projects](https://docs.github.com/en/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/learning-about-projects/about-projects)
+  are a tool for planning and tracking work via GitHub.
+  Multiple repositories can be linked to a single project.
+  Projects can have multiple views depending on your needs;
+  some have kanban boards and gantt charts, others separate out
+  an individual colleagues Issues to avoid clutter.
+
 ## Create a Fork
 
 On the repository Code tab click on the **Fork** dropdown arrow

diff --git a/instructors/instructor-notes.md b/instructors/instructor-notes.md
@@ -29,3 +29,10 @@ callouts in episodes [05](../episodes/05-forks.md)
 and [08](../episodes/08-rebase.md)
 which outline how to create the conflicts
 the learners will have to resolve.
+
+You will need to create a GitHub Project for learners to
+link Issues they create on the `git-training-demo` repository to.
+You can name this Project: **Git & GitHub WP INSERT_DATE**
+
+The last step is to create a new milestone on the repository
+with an identical or similar name to the Project name.