Dinner Party Project

Seating Chart:

Joan
of Arc

Father
Hidalgo You

Winston Marie
Churchill Curie

Michael
Faraday

Above illustrates how the seating arrangements would be at my marvelous dinner party. I
would have the pleasure of sitting next to Joan of Arc. The reason being is that I would love to
learn how she convinced a prince to allow her to lead an army with no training. Next to Joan of
Arc sits the inspiring Father Hidalgo. Father Hidalgo and Joan of Arc are both highly important
people of the past for the Catholic Church, and I’m sure they would love to discuss the battles
they lead. Winston Churchill and Father Hidalgo would be placed together, allowing them to talk
about the importance of leading a country/movement. Both Winston Churchill and Michael
Faraday would be placed together since they both share the homeland of Britain. I believe that
Marie Curie and Michael Faraday would have fascinating conversations about science and their
discoveries. To complete this seating chart I have the honor of sitting next to Marie Curie and
asking her everything about the science field.
Cast of Characters

1. Joan of Arc - Joan lived from 1412 to May 30, 1431. Her mother had helped develop
Joan’s deep love for the catholic church. Around age 13 she began hearing voices, which
she determined had been sent from God to give her a mission of saving France from the
100 Year War. Joan had no military training but somehow convinced prince Charles of
Valois to let her lead a French army to the city of Orleans. Joan lead the army to a great
victory. After her victory Joan was captured by the Burgundians and was put on trial for
things such as witchcraft and dressing like a man. She became a saint later after her
death. History.com
2. Father Hidalgo - Born from May 8, 1753 to July 30, 1811. Hidalgo earned a bachelor’s
degree in theology and physiology.He then entered catholic priesthood in 1779. With the
Mexican king captured by the French many Mexicans formed secret groups to revolt,
although officials found out and arrested them. That lead to Hidalgo leading the Mexican
independence movement against Spain in 1810. His army rampaged through central
Mexico, soon the battle turned bloody and the violence became issues of race. Hidalgo
tried to escape to the US but was stopped by Spanish troops. Catholic authorities soon
stripped him of his protections. He was killed by a firing squad, although he inspired the
continuation of the fight for independence. Pbs.org
3. Winston Churchill - Winston lived from November 30, 1874 to January 24, 1965.
Winston held various political positions such as the President of the Board of Trade
(1908-19010) to Secretary of State of War (1919-1921). In 1900 he was elected to the
British Parliament as a Conservative. As home secretary, he used troops to maintain laws
during a miners strike in South Wales from 1911. From 1938 to the outbreak of war in
September 1939, Winston urged the government to be proactive against Hitler. He was
Britain’s Prime Minister from 1940-1945 and from 1951-1955. Soon after being Prime
Minister Winston lead the country out of war. In 1963 Winston won a nobel prize for
literature for his six volume history of World War Two. Winston has also been Time’s
person of the year in 1940 and Man of the Half Century in 1949. Historylearnings.t.co.uk
& churchillfair.50webs.com
4. Michael Faraday - From September 22, 1791 to August 25,1867 lived Michael Faraday.
As a child his parents were poor and he only got the basic education. When Michael was
about 14 he started an apprenticeship with a bookbinder, where for the next seven years
he read the books and educated himself.In 1813 he got appointed to be the chemical
assistant at the Royal Institution after being turned down for an apprenticeship. He was
later asked to accompany another scientist on an 18 month trip around Europe to meet
other scientists. In the 1820s is when he contributed significantly to the study of
electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Michael discovered the principle behind the
electric transformer and generator in 1831. As Michael's health started to deteriorate he
did less and less research. bbc.co.uk
 5. Marie Curie - Marie lived from November 7, 1867 to July 4, 1934. Marie was born into a
family of teachers, so her education was top priority. She later moved to Paris to continue
her studies. In Paris is where Marie met her spouse, Pierre, who became her colleague. In
1900 Marie became the Professor of General Physics in the faculty of Science. In 1903
Marie and Pierre won a Nobel Prize in physics. She also developed methods for the
separation of radium from radioactive residues in sufficient quantities to allow for
characterization and study of its properties. When Marie became a widow in 1906 she
still continued to work without her husband. Her continuing on with their work lead her
to be the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes. In 1914 she was appointed the Director
of the Curie Laboratory in the Radium Institute of the University of Paris. Then in 1929
President Hoover of the United States presented her with $50,000 to buy radium for use
in the lab in Warsaw. Nobelprize.org

Account of Dinner
Me - “Thank you all for attending this dinner party! I know that many of you had to travel far
and through multiple centuries. Now during our feast I would like to ask you all a few questions,
you may all chime in if you want.”

Father Hidalgo - “I am truly sorry to have to interrupt, but it is my duty to make sure that we
will say our graces before we feast. I am positive that others here do feel the same way.”

Joan of Arc - “I agree with The Father. For if our mighty God can help us in war the least we
owe our mighty God is our graces before supper.”

Me - “I have no objection to that. Now I would like to get to the questions so we do not run ou of
time. I would like to start off with Mr. Faraday. Did you ever feel that you did not have the
required education for the job at the Royal Institute?”

Michael Faraday - “Although the education I recieved may have been different from the other
scientists I was just as qualified. For I learned for myself and for my passion, where others had
learned what they needed to know for a field.”

Winston Churchill - “So Mr. Faraday, was any of your work based on a speculation?”

Michael Faraday - “I only worked on certainties. It is as though you are opening a door with
certainty, have you ever met someone that has opened a door with speculation and gotten as far
as they wanted?”

Winston Churchill - “In fact I have not Mr. Faraday.”

Me - “Is there anything else you would like to share with me or the group before I move on to
another for other questions?”

Michael Faraday - “The last piece of wisdom as we may call it, is to do what shall make you
happy in the end. I could not imagine my life ending with shame and regret.”

Me - “Thank you Mr. Faraday, your words will not be taken lightly. Now I would like to direct
my questions over to Joan of Arc. How frightening was it when you first heard God speak to
you?”

Joan of Arc - “At first I was frightened beyond all means, but then realized it was our God
talking to me eased my feeling of fright.”

Me - “I am very glad about that.”

Marie Curie - ‘Now do you feel as though you were taken from this Earth too soon, since you
died at the age of 19?”

Joan of Arc - “To defend our God’s Earth is the greatest honor of my life. For I was doing my
duty to serve him, and he decided that I had done him well and my job was over. If I had been
taken from our God’s Earth in my sixth year I would have understood that our God had felt that
my job on Earth was done.”

Me - “That is a very great point, and I am very glad you were able to join us at this party. Next
on my list for questions is Mr. Churchill. Did you ever feel like giving up while trying to get
your country out of the war?”

Winston Churchill - “As I like to say, If you’re going through hell, keep on going. If it was not
for that phrase I’m sure there would have been points where I would have given up.But then I
had to remember I had a whole nation’s future depending on if we got out of the war. If pushing
through hard times helped a nation I would choose that over my comfort anyday.”

Michael Faraday - “Your actions are what inspired our nation. Now if I may ask, how does it
feel to have a Nobel Prize and be both Time’s man of the year and man of the half century?”

Winston Churchill - “To completely honest it is a honor, but the bigger honor was getting to do
the deeds for my country that got me those awards.”

Me - “I would love to ask you more questions but I must carry on. Now onto Father Hidalgo, I
believe it is now time for your questions.”

Joan of Arc - “If you do not mind I would like the pleasure of asking The Father the first
question.”

Me - “I do not see why not”

Joan of Arc - “Was leading the independence worth being stripped of your protections from the
church?”

Father Hidalgo - “I did what was right for the people, and if the church can not see i the way i
did then so be it. Even if they stripped me of every tie I have to the church I will always be under
God’s command.”
Marie Curie - “Are you mad that the independence movement did not get farther in your
lifetime?”

Father Hidalgo - “Not in the slightest. I am grateful that I had the pleasure to be alive during the
start of such a movement, let alone lead it!”

Me - “With you saying that, is there anything you would change about the movement?”

Father Hidalgo - “The only thing would be not fighting for independence sooner! Once you get
the nerve to fight it never goes away. With fighting for our independence we realized how much
we had been missing out on.”

Me - “Thank you for your honesty Father. Now Marie you are the last person left before we
leave. How was it working with your husband, Pierre, and winning a Nobel Prize together?”

Marie Curie - “On the contrary to what people would imagine us working together would be,
arguing and bickering, it was in fact the opposite. We both had a common goal and worked to it
together. Now the Nobel Prize part was a nice surprise to the both of us and it encouraged us to
keep working even harder.”

Winston Churchill - “Was it much different working by yourself after your husband’s death?”

Marie Curie - “At first it was because you are so used to another person in the lab with you. But
then I had to realize that he would have wanted me to continue what we had started, and that is
exactly what I did.”

Me - “If we have time there is one mo- oh look it seems as though it is time to leave! I am so
very thankful for you all to join me. What I have learned will stay with me forever. We will have
to do this again, but for now have safe travels.”