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  • Cityfort for Teachers (all lessons): https://cityfort.co/teachers
  • Unit 1, How real companies make money: https://cityfort.co/teachers/how-companies-make-money
  • Lesson 1, Where did $100 go?: https://cityfort.co/teachers/how-companies-make-money/where-did-100-dollars-go
  • Lesson 2, Revenue, profit and cash are not the same thing: https://cityfort.co/teachers/how-companies-make-money/revenue-profit-and-cash
  • Lesson 3, Same industry, different business: https://cityfort.co/teachers/how-companies-make-money/same-industry-different-business
  • Lesson 4, 10-K scavenger hunt: https://cityfort.co/teachers/how-companies-make-money/10-k-scavenger-hunt
  • Lesson 5, Capstone: How ___ makes money: https://cityfort.co/teachers/how-companies-make-money/how-a-company-makes-money-project

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Suggested link text: Cityfort for Teachers: free lessons on how real companies make money

What can I say about it?

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Cityfort for Teachers: free high school lessons that use real companies' SEC filings to show how businesses make money. Every number sourced. No student logins.

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Free lessons for high school personal finance, economics and business classes. Students trace where each $100 that came in to Nike or Costco went. They compare two companies without ranking them and search a real 10-K. Every number sourced. No student logins. No ads in lesson files or student pages.

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Cityfort for Teachers is a free unit for grades 9–12 called "How real companies make money." It has four 50-minute lessons and an optional capstone. Students trace where each $100 that came in to companies like Nike and Costco went. They compare profit and cash, compare two companies without ranking them, and search a real 10-K. Every number comes from a company's SEC filings and shows its date. Each lesson has slides, a worksheet, an answer key and a teacher guide. No student logins. No ads in lesson files or student pages. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

How should I cite it?

Suggested citation

Cityfort. How real companies make money (2026–27 first edition). Cityfort for Teachers. https://cityfort.co/teachers/how-companies-make-money

MLA style (9th edition)

"How Real Companies Make Money." Cityfort for Teachers, 2026–27 first edition, cityfort.co/teachers/how-companies-make-money. Accessed on the date you opened it.

Credit line for copies and adaptations (CC BY-NC 4.0)

"How real companies make money" by Cityfort (cityfort.co/teachers/how-companies-make-money), CC BY-NC 4.0. Data from each company's SEC filings, as dated in each lesson.

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What should a curriculum reviewer know?

  • What it is: a free unit for grades 9–12 on how real companies make money. It has four 50-minute lessons and an optional capstone.
  • What's included: teacher pages, student pages, teacher guides, worksheets, answer keys and slides (PDF and PowerPoint).
  • Data: every number comes from a company's SEC filings (mostly Form 10-Ks; one Lesson 3 count from a Form 10-Q; the capstone's Starbucks card from its fiscal 2026 earnings release, Form 8-K) and shows its period and the filing it came from.
  • Education only: no lesson asks students to pick, rank or value a stock.
  • Student privacy: no student logins, and Cityfort collects no personal information about students.
  • Ads: no ads in any lesson file or student page.
  • License: CC BY-NC 4.0.
  • Standards: supports selected national personal finance and Common Core standards; see the standards page.
  • More detail: For administrators.

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2026–27 first edition, v1.0. Data checked Nov 7, 2026.

Last updated Nov 7, 2026.