{"product_id":"new-jersey-state-history-new-sweden-delaware-valley-rt-script-mini-readers","title":"New Jersey State History | New Sweden and the Delaware Valley RT Script and Mini Readers | Grades 3-5","description":"\u003cp\u003eUse the Delaware River as the throughline for a New Sweden lesson about settlement, trade, rivalry, and political change. This grades 3-5 resource centers Grade 4 social studies while providing three coordinated student-text options.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Sweden and the Delaware Valley provides three coordinated student-text options built around the Delaware River as the recurring setting. Students move from New Sweden’s 1638 founding through settlement growth, Fort Elfsborg near Salem, Dutch-Swedish rivalry, and the 1655 Dutch takeover while separating political change from the people and connections that continued in the Delaware Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLesson 4 of the 10-lesson New Jersey State History bundle.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-mini-unit-bundle-rt-script-mini-readers-grades-3-5\"\u003eGet the complete New Jersey State History Mini Unit Bundle here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-mini-unit-bundle-rt-script-mini-readers-grades-3-5\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#b91c1c;color:#ffffff;padding:12px 18px;border-radius:8px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;\"\u003eView the Full 10-Lesson New Jersey Bundle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-left:4px solid #047857;background:#ecfdf5;padding:14px 16px;margin:18px 0;border-radius:0 10px 10px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTry the format free:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-land-water-regions-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003eDownload Lesson 1, Land, Water, and New Jersey Regions, at no cost\u003c\/a\u003e before purchasing.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eClassroom Use\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery assessment option is designed to be answerable from the Reader’s Theater Script, the Original Mini Reader, or the Accessible Mini Reader. Teachers can place students in different reading paths while keeping the class on the same essential history, vocabulary, questions, and quiz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eStandards Alignment\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Jersey Student Learning Standards include 6.1.5.GeoGI.2, 6.1.5.GeoSV.5, 6.1.5.EconEM.5, 6.1.5.HistorySE.1; the final Teacher Guide contains the complete lesson-specific list. CCSS literacy connections are supported through informational reading, text evidence, vocabulary in context, speaking and listening, and explanatory writing tasks embedded in the lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Sweden and Delaware Valley history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwedish and Finnish colonial settlement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFort Elfsborg and Salem-area geography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDutch-Swedish rivalry and colonial trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrade 4 map, chronology, and cause-and-effect work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFlexible Differentiation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse the Reader’s Theater script for whole-class participation, small-group performance, oral fluency, and discussion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse the Original Mini Reader for independent reading, homework, or students who benefit from added detail.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse the Accessible Mini Reader for mixed reading levels, ELL support, intervention, struggling readers, or faster one-day use.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrint selected pages or assign the included Google Classroom-ready files.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse the worksheet, challenge questions, print quiz, or self-graded Google Forms quiz for assessment and review.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSkills Addressed\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Sweden’s founding in 1638\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Delaware River as a connected colonial corridor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwedish and Finnish settlement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReading fluency and collaborative discussion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVocabulary in context and text evidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCause, comparison, perspective, and historical reasoning as appropriate to the topic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat’s Included\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStudent Text Options\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReader’s Theater Script with 10 recurring speaking roles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal Mini Reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccessible Mini Reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAssessment Materials\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVocabulary in context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 two-part comprehension questions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 two-part challenge questions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20-question multiple-choice quiz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-graded Google Forms quiz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTeacher Materials\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeacher Guide and standards alignment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnswer keys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscussion prompts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrimary-source or evidence extension\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrintable and editable files\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eExplore All 10 New Jersey State History Lessons\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis individual lesson is part of a connected ten-lesson sequence. Use the complete bundle as a mini unit, or select individual lessons to match your pacing guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-land-water-regions-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Land, Water, and New Jersey Regions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — New Jersey geography, physical regions, waterways, the Pine Barrens, community types, and change over time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-lenape-homelands-communities-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Lenape Homelands and Communities\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — Lenape homelands, waterways, seasonal community life, colonization, Brotherton, displacement, continuity, and living Native communities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-dutch-new-netherland-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Dutch New Netherland in New Jersey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — Dutch New Netherland, waterways, the fur trade, settlement, Native land pressure, colonial rivalry, and the 1664 English takeover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-new-sweden-delaware-valley-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. New Sweden and the Delaware Valley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — New Sweden, the Delaware Valley, Swedish and Finnish settlement, Fort Elfsborg, Native exchange, colonial rivalry, and the 1655 Dutch takeover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-east-west-jersey-english-rule-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. East Jersey, West Jersey, and English Rule\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — English takeover, proprietary government, East Jersey, West Jersey, Burlington, Perth Amboy, migration, landholding, and the 1702 reunion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-quakers-religious-diversity-colonial-rights-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6. Quakers, Religious Diversity, and Colonial Rights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — Quakers, religious diversity, West Jersey’s 1677 Concessions and Agreements, representative government, colonial rights, limits, and slavery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-colonial-farms-ports-towns-enslavement-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7. Colonial Farms, Ports, Towns, and Enslavement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — colonial farms, rivers, ports, towns, markets, Atlantic trade, indentured servitude, slavery, and unequal freedom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-proprietors-royal-colony-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8. From Proprietors to a Royal Colony\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — the 1702 transition from proprietary to royal government, Crown authority, elected assembly, land disputes, representation, and imperial connections through 1763.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-government-works-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9. How New Jersey Government Works\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — local, county, and state government; New Jersey’s legislative, executive, and judicial branches; representation; public policy; and civic participation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-transportation-industry-environment-today-rt-script-mini-readers\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10. Transportation, Industry, Environment, and New Jersey Today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — transportation, industry, invention, migration, urban growth, environmental change, conservation, and modern New Jersey connections.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-mini-unit-bundle-rt-script-mini-readers-grades-3-5\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#b91c1c;color:#ffffff;padding:12px 18px;border-radius:8px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;\"\u003eGet the Complete New Jersey State History Bundle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eText Summary\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaya and Eli follow the Delaware River through New Sweden’s history. The story begins with the colony’s 1638 founding in a region already inhabited and used by Lenape communities, then follows cross-river settlement, Swedish and Finnish communities, and the 1643 shift of colonial leadership farther up the Delaware. Fort Elfsborg near Salem becomes the central place-based clue for understanding river movement and trade. Later scenes show how New Sweden depended on exchange with Native communities while colonial expansion increased land pressure, why Dutch and Swedish claims overlapped, how rivalry intensified in the 1650s, and why the 1655 Dutch takeover changed political authority without erasing existing communities or river connections.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Readers Theater Worksheets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59790713946398,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/4649\/2958\/files\/04-NJ-RT-Script-Cover.jpg?v=1786843364","url":"https:\/\/readerstheaterworksheets.com\/products\/new-jersey-state-history-new-sweden-delaware-valley-rt-script-mini-readers","provider":"Reader's Theater Worksheets","version":"1.0","type":"link"}