I would get a couple of folders so if you get any hand outs, you have someplace to put them. As far as a binder, you don't need to get one but I used one at home to organize my school work when I didn't need to bring it to school. It is just a personal choice.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.