The teachings of Jesus

Jesus wanted people to know God better.

When Jesus was preaching a man asked, "Who is my neighbor?" Then Jesus said that he would tell a story about a man who helped another man. The story was called The Good Samaritan. The story taught us to help other people even if we don't like them. It helps us know God better because God wants us to do that.

Jesus preached for three years then some people who didn't follow God crucified him. Jesus died. Three days later he came back to life and we call that day Easter.

Jesus

Durring the Pax Romana (Roman peace) the people in Judea did not like being ruled by the Romans. They prayed and prayed that God would send a messiah to lead them in battle against the Romans. In Nazareth, Mary was told she would have a son named Jesus. Jesus was the messiah who would save people from sin. Some people followed him and some did not.

Unit 3 Exam

Octavian's Rise to Power

First of all, before Caesar died he adopted his nephew, Octavian. The people were very sad about Caesar because they loved Julius Caesar a lot. I think they were pretty mad at the Senators and I think they felt kind of safe with Octavian because he was Julius's nephew. So, the people supported Octavian and the Senate did not get the power that they really wanted. One of the first thngs Octavian did is he threw a big party for Rome in honor of his uncle, everyone was invited and he gave presants to the poor people. Octavian sold wheat at a very low price for the hungry people so they could make bread and cereal. He used some of his money to make sure that everyone had clean water. People were happy that they made a good choice in Octavian.
Octavian wanted to be consul so he asked the Senate and the Senate said, "You are too young!" The Senate had to agree, though, because the people elected the Senators and the people wanted Octavian to be consul. If the Senators did not agree they would be out of their jobs. As Consul, Octavian conquored other lands as his uncle did. Octavian was smart, he did not make the same mistake as Julius Caesar. Instead, Octavian, asked permission from the Senate for things that he wanted to do. He was really just pretending to ask so the Senators thought they were involved.
A few years later...Octavian tricked the Senate into makeing him the First Citizen (Emperor) and the Senate gave him a new name, Augustus Caesar. Augustus means blessed and majestic. The Senators named the month August after Octavian. Rome is not a republic, now. Augustus still asked the Senate permission so that Senators were still happy.

How Caesar Dies

Once upon a time, there was a man named Caesar, he was old, he was very very old, extremely old. He couldn't walk, he couldn't hear, but he could run and he could ride a bike, he could drive a car, he could drive a cart and he could talk. So when he was moving around his house, he had to run all of the time and he wanted to go to a war, so he went to a war and this is how he died.... He ran too much that he died.

That's a pretty funny story. Now we will learn how he really died.

One fine morning Caesar was going out to see some of his favorite horses. When he got there he noticed that the horses were not eating, instead they had tears in their eyes. Caesar thought, "Hmmm. I should go ask the gods why are the horses crying and not eating." While he was in the gods' temple somebody came and said, "Beware the ides of March." Then he went home and told his wife about it. That night his wife had a bad dream. She dreampt she was holding her husband because he was stabbed and he died. Then she woke up and told him not to go to the Senate. She said, "Remember the person who came to you in the temple said to beware the ides of March." Caesar said, "I'll go there anyways." He thought he had nothing to fear. So he went. 23 Senators took Casar and killed him with knives on the marble floor in the Senate, even his own friend Brutus killed him. Then the Senators hid because they thought people would do something to them for killing the Dictator for Life.

That's sad.

Caesar and Cleopatra part 2

Well, Caesar started to love Cloepatra so much that he said he would help her. For five months, Caesar's army fought friends of the Pharaoh. Then, the Pharaoh died and Cleopatra became the ruler.

Caesar had to leave because the Senators came back to Rome and wanted to defeat Caesar. Caesar had to go to Asia Minor first because he had to defeat people who were trying to free themselves from Roman rule. He defeated them in a very short war. People asked Caesar, "How did you do that?" and Caesar said, "I came, I saw, I conquored!" When he got back to Rome, people had a big parade for Caesar and it lasted four days! Then Caesar put a golden statue of Cleopatra in the temple of Venus. The Senators got an army together in Africa and told them to invade Rome so that they could defeat Caesar. They thought that Caesar had all the power and that made them feel very upset. So Caesar went to fight the Africans. Caesar won.

He went back to Rome. The Consuls made him Dictator for life. So, when he came back he had lots of power and he helped his soldiers find jobs and gave them places to live and he asked the poor people to move with the soldiers. The soldiers and the poor people didn't have to move there. He made a trench so that people could grow crops. Julis Caesar change the Roman calander, built new roads, and built a forum for people to meet.

Making Caesar Dictator for Life changed the country because they couldn't do anything, they couldn't disagree with him, they couldn't kick him out, they couldn't do anything. Caesar started to get really bossy, acting like a king. He wanted to have his face on a new coin, but only dead rulers could have their faces on a coin. That made people very upset. A group of Senators said that they wantd Caesar gone and they did not want him in charge for ever, so they decided to kill him.

What's going to happen to Caesar?

Caesar and Cleopatra part 1

When Pompey ran away from Rome he was still up to his tricks. He decided to go to Egypt for help to destroy Caesar. Caesar heard that Pompey was going to Egypt for help and he was worried that Pompey would cause trouble for Rome and Egypt. So Caesar said, "I will go to Egypt and put Pompey in prison."
Meanwhile...in Egypt they had something wrong themselves. They hadtwo rulers, one was a 15 year old Pharaoh and one was his 21 year old sister named Cleopatra. They both wanted to rule Egypt themselves. So Cleopatra's brother thought that he did not need his sister one bit and threw her out of Egypt.
Pharaoh heard that Julius Caesar was comming and he was afraid that Julius would conquor Egypt but he also heard that Pompey was comming and so he got his guards to kill Pompey. Paraoh thought that Julius Caesar would be happy that he killed Pompey and would not make war with them. Instead, Julius Caesar, when he got there, he was sad because he just wanted Pompey in prison. He went to the castle and meant to tell the Paraoh that he just wanted Pompey in prison but Cleopatra was there and wanted him to help her get rid of her brother. She asked him very kindly and said that she will rule and share all of Egypts treasures with him.

Wait for part 2 to find out what Caesar chose to do.