Students compare the antitrust case against Microsoft with other historic antitrust cases. After exploring the notions of capitalism, monopolies and trusts, students examine the current case against Microsoft.

In this icebreaker game, students get to know their classmates by finding people who fit each of the 30 descriptions on the page and writing their names in the blanks.

Twelfth graders study microeconomics.  In this Economics lesson, 12th graders draw graphs on government taxes.  Students decide if these graphs are true or false.

Students analyze antitrust enforcement. In this American economics lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of the free market system and antitrust laws. Students respond to discussion questions...

Students explore muckraking. In this American history lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. Students respond to discussion questions pertaining to muckraking...

Fifth graders practice reading skills while looking at different accounts of The Homestead Strike.  In this reading skills lesson, 5th graders practice sourcing, close reading, and corroboration through reading a timeline and...

Students investigate the impact of tariffs on businesses and consumers during the 1880s by looking at a political cartoon, solving a short math problem and comparing protectionism in the 1980's to protectionism in the 1880's.

For this economics text dictation, 9th graders take dictation on a passage about economic theory, applied economics, and economic history.

Young scholars explore the concept of the rise of big business in the United States. In this economics instructional activity, students investigate the impact of tariffs on businesses. Young scholars also investigate the impact that...

In this online interactive vocabulary skills learning exercise, students answer 10 fill in the blank questions regarding telecommunications vocabulary. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this vocabulary in conversation worksheet, students enter the word in the dialog based on context clues, with answers available.

In this literacy worksheet, students look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of the word search. Spelling skills are worked on.

A PDF that explains the need for competition in the marketplace and how the FTC protects it.

A micro and macroeconomics course for 21st century learners. 28 half-hour videos sessions with text and guides regarding markets, firms, supply and demand, perfect competition and inelastic demand, economic efficiency, monopolies,...

This site provides a good description of the four types of market structures: perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly, along with the major characteristics of each.

This magazine article discusses the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act and its impact on society, public domain, the First Amendment, and monopolistic power in the USA. (Feb. 17, 2003)

This Auburn University site is a very good explanation of competition, including hyperlinks to related topics such as monopoly and substitute goods.

This entry offers a concise description of a natural monopoly, its history, how it occurs, and how it is regulated.

Provides a detailed examination of the characteristics of a monopoly, along with various kinds of monopolies, such as natural, local, coercive, and others.

Between the Civil War and World War II, railroads were one of the nation's most important businesses and an integral part of people's lives. In this lesson, students assume the role of detectives investigating why the rail companies...

Features the full text of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices and prohibited trusts.

This site provides a simple and easy-to-understand definition of monopolistic competition.

This South-Western College Publishing website describes a situation in which oligopolistic firms vie for competition among consumers.

An overview of monopoly, oligopoly and duopoly, focusing on the interdependence of firms in an oligopoly, shown through the use of a game tree how these firms are tempted towards the practice of collusion.