diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 0cd15ac..3fe7c40 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     link_to text, { :profile => profile }.merge(url), options
   end
 
+  def link_to_document(doc)
+    link_homepage(doc.title, doc.profile.identifier, :page => doc.full_path)
+  end
+
   # TODO: add the actual links
   # TODO: test this helper
   def user_links
diff --git a/app/models/recent_documents_block.rb b/app/models/recent_documents_block.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e8f2a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/recent_documents_block.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class RecentDocumentsBlock < Design::Block
+
+  def content
+    lambda do
+      content_tag(
+        'ul',
+        profile.recent_documents.map {|item| link_to_document(item) }.join("\n")
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/recent_documents_block_test.rb b/test/unit/recent_documents_block_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52fcccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/recent_documents_block_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
+
+class RecentDocumentsBlockTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+
+  # Replace this with your real tests.
+  def test_should_output_list_with_links_to_recent_documents
+    profile = mock
+    profile.stubs(:identifier).returns('a_test_profile')
+
+    doc1 = mock
+    doc2 = mock
+    doc3 = mock
+    profile.expects(:recent_documents).returns([doc1, doc2, doc3])
+
+    helper = mock
+    helper.expects(:profile).returns(profile)
+    helper.expects(:link_to_document).with(doc1).returns('doc1')
+    helper.expects(:link_to_document).with(doc2).returns('doc2')
+    helper.expects(:link_to_document).with(doc3).returns('doc3')
+    helper.expects(:content_tag).with('ul', "doc1\ndoc2\ndoc3").returns('the_tag')
+
+    assert_equal('the_tag', helper.instance_eval(&RecentDocumentsBlock.new.content))
+  end
+end
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