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5 Favorite Mini-Units

July 7, 2011 By DIYHsr

starfish on beach chairFive favorite mini-units from the archives:

  1. The Eiffel Tower
  2. The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
  3. Webster’s American Dictionary
  4. The Treaty of San Francisco
  5. Cartier’s St. Lawrence River
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