As long as the 16 year old guy says its okay, besides age is just a number.
It isn't illegal for you to date (unlike what some people have been saying) but sexual contact is illegal of course. I personally don't see a big problem with it because its what 4 years with a teen thats close to the magical 18 years of adulthood. (I mean my parents have more of an age gap then that lol).
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.