Group of Penn School Baskets | History Of SC Slide Collection

A group of Penn School baskets, illustrating their many forms, as well as the beauty that made them an important craft that Sea Island residents could sell as the tourist industry began to expand in the early 20th century.

From the Penn School Collection. Permission granted by Penn Center, Inc., St. Helena Island, SC.

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• This indicator was written to promote inquiry into the unique development of ethnic, political, and religious identities in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies.
  • 4.1.CE Identify the effects of changing economic systems on the diverse populations in British North America.
• This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the geographic and human factors that contributed to the development of South Carolina’s economic system. This indicator was also written to encourage inquiry into South Carolina’s distinct social and economic system as influenced by British Barbados.
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