I'm a High school student sophomore, and I've been getting those since freshman year. So Yes they give them out to most people that meet the requirement to their school.
Yes it is a email they send out to thousands of HS studnets.
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.