Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the United States on a world map. Why do you think?

It's 'backwards' - not backwoods! All you need to do is watch the news on the TV, read books, watch documentaries, and generally educate yourself!

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.