From my own personal experience, botany is a bit difficult subject, well maybe for me, because of my teacher (haha, blaming). I could not really understand the way she pronounced her words because of her accent. That's what I only thought that made the subject difficult though it looked just easy.So again, depending on how good your teacher is, your grade also would follow.
But you should also do your part so that you would get high grades on your subject. I think the best trick for passing botany is to never miss even a single session both in lecture and lab because once you do, you will lose track on important details about your experiments and the subject as a whole.So if you are currently taking botany, just enjoy it. The more you enjoy, the better is your chance of getting a higher grade.
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.