You have done all you can do. Update windows , and update drivers but you did that. Obviously the onboard graphics card just isnt good enough for the programs that you are using, then again it is onboard, you really cannot expect much from an onboard video card.
Especially in games. If you havent had the laptop for very long hopefully you can take it back and get a different one with a better graphics card.
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.