Medieval Europe:
Design a Feudal Manor
Name___________________________ Date____________________ Period_________
During the Middle Ages, kings ruled through a system called feudalism. A feudal manor
would include a castle where the king (or noble) would live, a walled town surrounding the
castle where the priest, knights, craftsmen and merchants lived, and small outlying villages
where the farmers or peasants lived and worked.
Use your knowledge of the Middle Ages and feudalism to design your own feudal manor.
Include all of the following in your design, and be sure to label everything:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
King’s or Noble’s castle
Walled town
Homes of the priests, warriors, craftsmen, and merchants inside of the town.
Dirt roads and alleyways inside of each town.
The church or cathedral where people worshiped inside the town.
Small farming villages located outside the walled town.
Homes for the farmers and crop fields where they raise their crops.
River or other source of fresh water.
Dirt roads leading from the villages to the castle and town.
Use the back of this paper to design the rough draft of your feudal manor. Feel free to be as
creative as possible with this assignment.
Additional Requirements:
 Eighty percent of your manor needs to be three dimensional.
 All of the areas need to be labeled so anyone can see what each structure represents.
 The foundation of your 3-D manor should be at least 16 inches by 12 inches but no
larger than 16 inches by 24 inches.
 Take your time and do it well.
 Be sure that it is neat, full of color, and that it is your best work.
Project Due: May 6, 2014
Manor Project Rubric
Categories
Castle
40 points
Church
Full Points
3/4 of points
10 Points
Village
10 points
Water
5 points
Roads
5 points
Labeling
5 points
Size
5 points
Total
¼ of points
The Castle is inside
the Manor
No Castle
The church is inside
the Manor
No church
10 points
Farmland
The farm and village
and Village are outside the Manor
wall
10 points
Wall
½ of points
The farm is present
outside the wall but no
village. The village is
present outside the
wall but no farm.
The wall surrounds the The wall surrounds
Manor
most of the Manor
The farm is present
inside the wall but no
village. The village is
present inside the wall
but no farm.
The wall surrounds
some of the Manor
No farm or village
outside the Manor
Homes for the
warriors, craftsmen,
and merchants inside
of the town.
There needs to be
water near the Manor
so we can see where
they obtained their
fresh water.
They need to present
to see how they
traveled throughout
the Manor and the
farmland.
All buildings are
labeled so we know
what each structure
represents within the
Manor.
The size of the Manor
is not over 16x24 and
not under 16x12
Only 1 house
No homes
Only 2 houses
No Wall
None
None
Most structures are
labeled.
Some structures are
labeled.
Too small or too larger
None