The scientific method is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments. The steps of the scientific method are to: Ask a Question Do Background Research Construct a Hypothesis Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion Communicate Your Results It is important for your experiment to be a fair test. A "fair test" occurs when you change only one factor (variable) and keep all other conditions the same.So you have asked a Question and done backgroud reach into current thoery.
This assume you are going to continue on by trying to support or disprove the theroy of Plate Tetoincs; which seems to be where your calss is headed. If all your are gond is a lit study to learn aobuyt the hisoptry then you are down andhave written a paper but NOT attempted to a Scientic advanceent of knowwledge. - You lose if the teacher is expeting you to do real science.
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.