It shouldn't be too hard if you already able to write code in some higher language like Java, C, VB, ... If you aren't then try to learn any of those first I haven't written MIPS code for a long time so I'd have to learn again the instructions to write some code.
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.