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Draw Your Own Conclusions!

Cartoons for the Classroom Caption Contest
for March 4, 2013 to March 17, 2013

Study the drawing below and come up with your own caption.

On March 17, 2013 we'll award a copy of the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2014 Edition to the student who submits the best caption for this cartoon.

Download a printer-friendly version of this blank cartoon here.

Download this lesson to see the caption the artist used.


51 captions were submitted for this cartoon

Yup, this represents our economy right now.

--Hannah Kempker
Lewis and Clark middle school
Jefferson City, MO
March 16, 2013


Well ladies and gentlemen, it seems as though China has finally dug their way through the earth's mantel and into the American way of life...

--zach swenson
East High School
Salt Lake City, UT
March 15, 2013


Bomb-voyage, boys!

--Alisha Smith
Allegan High School
Allegan, MI
March 15, 2013


"No biggy--we'll just increase taxes to pay for it."

--Foster K.
Allegan High School
Allegan , MI
March 15, 2013


This bottomless pit still isn't as big as the one made by Obama Care.

--Alex Perez
Allegan High School
Allegan, MI
March 15, 2013


"Breaking News: First we are told we are going to fall off the fiscal cliff, now we are going to be sequestered at the bottom of the government's crater."

--Allie W.
East High School
Salt Lake City, UT
March 14, 2013


...and that, ladies and gentlemen, is why terrorists are not good for the environment.

--Sophie
Dana Middle School
San Diego, CA
March 14, 2013


Well, I guess Americans should do something about their weight problem.

--Jared Krug
Allegan High School
Allegan, MI
March 14, 2013


Isn't that Pyongyang, with a mock D.C. monument? Photoshop must work wonders for their nuclear propaganda.

--Charles Riess
Allegan High School
Allegan , MI
March 14, 2013


Well, today it's sunny with a chance of world destruction.

--Tylar Fifelski
Allegan High School
Allegan , MI
March 14, 2013


Just as I thought, the government IS falling in the pits!

--Alexa DeSha
Lewis and Clark Middle School
Jefferson City , MO
March 14, 2013


Washingto0n D.C was hit by another sink hole... to bad there isnt any workers employed to rescue civilians.

--Trevor
Hanover- Horton
Horton, MI
March 13, 2013


That's a big sinkhole! We might be able to squeeze a politician's ego in there if we try hard enough.

--Tim_hhhs
Hanover Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 13, 2013


Looks like another sink hole happened in Washington D.C. today.. Unfortunately there were no workers rushing to help.. Whats new??

--Taylor
Hanover - Horton
Horton, MI
March 13, 2013


And once again Washington D.C. was swallowed by a sinkhole. When is gonna be the next time? Probably soon. back to you.

--Rosalia
Hanover Horton
Jackson, MI
March 13, 2013


Washington D.C has experienced a sink hole... To bad there isn't any workers to rescue civilians..

--Trevor
Hanover- Horton
Hanover, MI
March 13, 2013


Huge sinkhole swallows Washington's problems.

--KyleHHS
Hanover Horton
Horton, MI
March 13, 2013


Washington monument decided to go for a dip earlier today

--Nick
Hanover-Horton
Horton, Mi
March 13, 2013


"Another sinkhole in Washington. Back to you."

--Rosalia
Hanover Horton
Jackson, MI
March 13, 2013


As You See Behind Me Is Washington D.C Being Swallowed, No Big Deal

--Kassidy
Hanover Horton
Horton, MI
March 13, 2013


I believe that a sink has occured.

--BrandyHHS
Hanover Horton
Horton, mi
March 13, 2013


"Republicans in D.C. decided to take the 'fiscal cliff' a little too literal today..."

--Holly S
Hanover-Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 13, 2013


lets see how quick the politision react to this

--tor
hanover horton
jackson, MI
March 13, 2013


"Reporting from Washington with another sink hole.. Back to you."

--Marrissa
Hanover-Horton High School
Horton , Mi
March 13, 2013


Politicians only care about Gun-control...

--melissa
Hanover Horton
Horton, MI
March 13, 2013


We now live in a world where a tragic event doesn't matter.

--Alysa
Hanover-Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 13, 2013


"The worlds sinking...and no one cares."

--Kylee
Hanover Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 13, 2013


In other news Washington D.C has sunk into a deep abyss never to be seen again.

--Elizabeth HHHS
Hanover Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 13, 2013


Thats a sink hole right there

--Aaron HHHS
Hanover Horton High School
Horton, Mi
March 13, 2013


The politicians dont care about these major issues just the ones they want to care about

--Donovan
Hanover Horton High School
Horton , MI
March 13, 2013


"Washington D.C. is going down... No one cares."

--Madison
Hanover Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 13, 2013


"North Korea wasn't kidding"

--Ella Dixon
East High School
Salt Lake City, UT
March 12, 2013


The economy is slowly dying.... And you are next!

--Niel Robbins
East High School
Salt Lake , UT
March 11, 2013


Attention! The government has sunk! We're still waiting on a rescue team

--Jayde Archuleta
East high school
Salt Lake City , Ut
March 11, 2013


BREAKING NEWS! The US Government has sunk. Stay tuned to hear the "whole" story.

--Alison Gay
East High School
Salt Lake City, UT
March 11, 2013


"Just when the government sunk America into the ground, America sunk the government into the ground...literally."

--Michaela Duong
East High School
Salt Lake City, UT
March 8, 2013


"When life hands you a crater, blame the government!"

--Kaitlyn Noorman
Allegan High School
Allegan, MI
March 6, 2013


The weight of the Republican Party's ignorance has grown so large that D.C. has literally collapsed under its pressure.

--Jordan Norman
Allegan High School
Allegan, MI
March 6, 2013


The drop off the fiscal cliff has turned into the new not-so- Grand Canyon.

--Michaela Parrott
Allegan High School
Allegan, MI
March 6, 2013


This just in: The tube the country has been going down has been located!

--John Barber
Allegan High School
Allegan, MI
March 6, 2013


Today's top story: Every tragedy starts with the Government.

--Chase Borgeson
Allegan High School
Allegan, MI
March 6, 2013


God, Ohhh God... (Big Sean Voice)

--Taylor Lake
Allegan High School
Allegan, MI
March 6, 2013


Next on the news, UFO sighting in Idaho.

--Jessica
Hanover-Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 4, 2013


Next on the news,UFO siting in Idaho.

--Jessica
Hanover-Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 4, 2013


In today’s news, the giant sinkhole previously seen in Texas has finally proven itself useful when it swallowed Washington D.C.

--Erin
Hanover-Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 4, 2013


Just when we thought the hole we dug ourselves couldn't get any deeper...

--Katelyn
Hanover-Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 4, 2013


Oh look, were collapsing and yet no one cares.

--Kyndra I.
Hanover Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 4, 2013


Seems that our own Washington D.C. has been swallowed by its own uncertainty...again. Who will rescue them this time?

--Alexis Dielman
Hanover-Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 4, 2013


"As you can see, we are currently getting swallowed by our own stupidity..."

--Kayla Piloske
Hanover-Horton
Horton, MI
March 4, 2013


And Washington has dug itself into a deeper financial hole!

--Hailey
Hanover-Horton High School
Horton , MI
March 4, 2013


So where is everyone? Oh wait, no one cares that D.C just sunk completely.

--Olivia
Hanover Horton High School
Horton, MI
March 4, 2013


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