First, I would reframe "unwilling to learn" as "not developmentally ready to learn academic concepts". Five years old is very young, some kids are able to handle academics and just have a people-pleasing personality, many others are simply not ready to understand academics that young. There are many studies coming out of Europe that show waiting for formal education until age seven years actually makes kids "smarter" because by seven years old their brains are actually developmentally prepared to make the connections that need to be made for true learning and comprehension.
Instead of sitting a five year old in front of a computer or tablet screen, get her engaging with the world. Show her places in real life where numbers and letters and colors and shapes and other concepts matter--- at the grocery store have her help you count six apples or whatnot. Give her a magnifying glass and take a walk around your neighborhood and look for patterns and shapes in nature.
Read to her, ask her comprehension questions about the story, "What was the character's name?" "Where did the family go?" Ask her to make predictions about what will happen next, "Do you think they will find the treasure?" These things are much more valuable in the long run than trying to force rote memorization.
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.