Fossils help us learn about the past, like if a fish fossil was in your backyard, then your backyard was covered with water. They also help us with the fossils where the setting was then, and what animals lived there.
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.