A big thing you can do is study. But study in different ways. Try flash cards.
Read your material over even if you arnt reqired to. Start a study group. Or find a friend that you can study with.
When you study turn off the tv and music. Don't lie on your bed sit some where. Change your scenery.
So sit outside when it's nice out. Do all of your home work on time and never procrastinate. And try your best don't get down on yourself if you don'take straight A's also ask for extra credit that really helps.
Good luck in school!:).
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.