Visit: www.sec.gov. Take the tutorial to become familiar with the SEC and website. This can be found under Filings and then Quick EDGAR tutorial. Identify a company publicly traded in the US about which you are interested. Locate the most recent 10-K at the SEC site. (Dont get this information another way use the SEC website.) Download the financial statements (income statement or profit and loss stmt or statement of operations statement of stockholders equity balance sheet or statement of financial position and cash flow statement) and the first two footnotes (they immediately follow the statements.)Turn in a typed document listing the Company why you are interested in it and your name and date.