Pre-planning autonumbering and variables

Today's question, sorry for the length. ;-)
Recap: Former user of FM 5 or 6 years ago, now using/learning FM 11 and trying to remember a very rusty/weak skillset.
I have read what I can find on Chapter numbering and variables (FM 9 help files and a few very general blog articles), but I never used either(autonumbering or variables) more than very simplistically in the past. I am trying to design as much structure up front as this is a pilot project that will morph a lot over time. I would appreciate input on whether I am approaching this correctly or if there is a BKM somewhere on how best to design this with concrete examples that would help me with the correct syntax for variable names.
I am formating a new school curriculum from a series (hundreds) of individual Word docs (with nightmare formatting rife with inconsistencies). Each Word doc includes (in a single file) the Lesson Plan, between 3 and 10 Objectives and then each Objective may have zero to n classroom activities and/or zero to n physical skills (P.E activities which the gym teacher may handle instead and so want to rip out a page with only those physical skills.) Already I am getting emails that say move Lesson 3 plan to be Lesson 5 and reorder Activities 1-4 thus.
I would like to make this as easy as possible for future formatting (though the SMEs will continue writing content in Word) by using variables and autonumbering so that I can just drag files around and know that they are re-numbered correctly, but I have only minimal experience with this kind of design in FM. In order to be sure that the numbering stays consistent and I don't have to enter it every time myself, I think I need to create each of those categories pulling them out into separate documents and then contain each of those in its own "book." So each level is actually a book because that is the only way to keep the autonumbering flowing?
Course (book)
     Cover (document)
     Legalese (document)
     Course Intro (document)
     TOC
        Lesson Plan 1 (book)
               Body Text (document)
                    Objective 1 (book)
                          Body Text (document)
                              Activity 1 (document)
                              Activity n (document)
                               Physical Skill 1 (document)
                               Physical Skill n (document)
                    Objective n (book)
                         Body Text (document)
                              Activity 1 (document)
                              Activity n (document)
                              Physical Skill 1 (document)
                              Physical Skill n (document)
        Lesson Plan n (book)
              Body Text (document)
                    Objective 1 (book)
                         Body Text (document)
                              Activity 1 (document)
                              Activity n (document)
                              Physical Skill 1 (document)
                              Physical Skill n (document)
                    Objective n (book)
                         Body Text (document)
                              Activity 1 (document)
                              Activity n (document)
                              Physical Skill 1 (document)
                              Physical Skill n (document)
         Index
        Glossary
Then I can create a Master Page for each type of book and document (embedding the graphics that repeat) and apply the autonumbering in each book and the correct name of each thing in the footer. Most (but not all) of these categories have a unique name/title, or I will give them one as I go. Can I use system variables for all of this or should I be creating local user variables in each level? I guess what I am asking is: is there a way to describe all of this in one place or is this something I need to do in each document? That goes to the proper syntax of the variables (would that be <chaptername> in each doc?) and then I assume I can create hyperlinks or cross-references (not sure which yet) in, say, the body text of the Lesson Plan. The goal for output of this project is printed manuals, on-line digital content, Kindle books, iPad books and then a Captivate training course. FYI, I need to create a high-res version for the digital formats and a low res one for teacher who will be photocopying things like the worksheets that would be 4 color digitally but black and white for their printing purposes, so I am planning on using conditional build tags for that purpose.
If you read all this and have time to give me some feedback and assistance, thank you very much.
-Laurie

I have been looking for FM books for a month now, but the little I did find seemed so ancient or poorly reviewed. I wish they had the FM11 book available that is listed in their Book dropdown, but I went ahead and bought the FM 8 pdf based on your recommendation. I will go off and read with my morning coffee for a bit and check back later to see if anyone else has some input for me.
Thanks Jeff!

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