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Manor Characters

Students will each write a series of diary entries in character as a person from a medieval manor. They must research the daily lives and roles of nobles, knights, serfs, millers, or blacksmiths. The document provides directions for researching these roles on the ABC-Clio website under topics related to feudalism and the three social orders. Students will post their character's diary entries on a wiki page to share their work.

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Manor Characters

Students will each write a series of diary entries in character as a person from a medieval manor. They must research the daily lives and roles of nobles, knights, serfs, millers, or blacksmiths. The document provides directions for researching these roles on the ABC-Clio website under topics related to feudalism and the three social orders. Students will post their character's diary entries on a wiki page to share their work.

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Medieval Manor Characters

In addition to the manor map and castle blueprint for your manor, which you will work on as a group,
you will be responsible for writing a series of individual diary entries in the voice of a fictional but
historically accurate character. You will give your character an appropriate name and create his/her
life history. Thus, each of you will do a little research into the lives of people of a specific medieval
social class. The diary entries will be posted on a manor wiki page I will create for you in Haiku.
You may choose from the following, but no type of person listed should be taken by more than one
person in your group.

noble (lord or lady)


knight
serf
miller
blacksmith

Research
I suggest you start your character research at ABC-Clio. Under the topical heading of "Middle Ages,
A.D. 500-1500," select "Feudalism and the Three Orders." ABC-Clio has recently changed their
format. For a given topic, you will see an "Overview" followed by a "Course Essentials." These
Course Essentials contain video presentation on various topics. The "Support Materials" that follow
are simply transcripts of those video presentations for those who prefer to read or follow up on the
videos. As you already know, the "General Resources" consist of various related articles.
Everyone in your manor should read the overview. After that, you can individually find videos and
articles that pertain to your character's specific social role.

Historical
Information
(15 pts)

Character
Creativity &
Voice
(15 pts)

Diary entries include


many important
historically accurate
details about the social
role of their character
and manor life in
general. Student
demonstrates a
superior understanding
of his/her character's
place in manor life.

Diary includes important


historically accurate
detals. Student
demonstrates a strong
understanding of his/her
character's place in
manor life.

Diarly includes fewer


important details, and/or
some details are
historically inaccurate.
Student demonstrates a
basic understanding of
his/her character's
place in manor life.

Diarly includes few


important details, and/or
many details are
historically inaccurate.
Student demonstrates a
limited understanding of
his/her character's
place in manor life.

Diary entries are


historically accurate but
also creative and
engaging.

Diary entries are


accurate, fairly creative,
and somewhat
engaging.

Diarly entries are mostly


accurate, but less
creative or engaging.

Diary entries are very


short and simple and
are not really creative or
engaging.

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