Medieval Manor Map

Medieval manors were usually around 1500 acres, or several square miles in size. Particularly
powerful lords may have controlled multiple manors across the kingdom.
The king will provide you with a piece of posterboard. Your assignment (as a manor group) is to
create a map of your medieval manor. Here are the details:
Give your manor a creative but appropriate name.
Include the things one would have found on a manor, including but not limited to:
Castle (lesser nobles would have had a very nice house instead, but for the sake of
our simulation, we're going to assume your manor's lord is very rich and powerful!
Village with serf's cottages
Church
Mill
Fields
Common pasture
Forest
Include annotations that explain these places on your map. This is a chance to show what
you really know!
Be creative!
Maps will be judged as follows:
5 (Excellent)

4 (Strong)

3 (Fair/
Adequate)

2 (Poor)

Appearance:
looks like a
medieval manor

Excellent representation
of a realistic manor;
includes additional
elements and details
beyond those required.

Excellent representation
of a realistic manor.
Contains all required
elements.

Good representation of
a medieval manor. May
be lacking one required
element.

Poor representation of a
medieval manor.
Missing several
elements and/or doesn't
really resemble a
realistic manor.

Content /
Information
(x 2)

Manor map and

annotations
demonstrate very
thorough research
across multiple sources.

Manor map and

annotations
demonstrate thorough
research across several
sources.

Manor map and

annotations
demonstrate some
research drawn mostly
from one or two
sources.

Manor map and

annotations
demonstrate little
research and are drawn
mostly form a single
source.

Info. is free of
inaccuracies.

Info. is almost free of

any inaccuracies.

Info. contains several

inaccuracies.

Info. contains many

inaccuracies.

Manor map is very

creatively made,
colorful, and includes
pictures 2D visuals of
key elements (i.e.,
buildings, etc) Manor
map shows forethouth
and careful planning.

Manor map is creative

and colorful, and
includes visuals of key
elements. Manor map
shows planning.

Manor map is less

colorful, creative, or
neatly presented and
shows less evidence of
planning.

Manor map lacks

organization and
neatness and shows
little or no planning.

Creativity /
Presentation
(x 2)