Each group of bars below contains an easy to recognize famous person from your history and current event studies. In each bar every other letter is missing including the first letter. See how many bars you can complete before your teacher gives you hints that I am sure you will not accept. The box to your right will tell you how many points you receive for solving that bar without help. If the first box of a bar is shaded, you receive double the bar score. Place your final score next to the TOTAL = _______

Pick a theme of your own like animals, space studies, famous places or sports and see if you can design a thinking bars worksheet that will challenge your classmates.