This is a good question. A simple thank you or acknowledgement of someone's dedication or performance is very good and costs absolutely nothing to the employer. Paying more money or offering bonuses for specific tasks such as saving the company a certain amount of money or bringing in a certain amount of revenue show the employees that earning more is possible without leaving the company or having to study for another degree to get a promotion.
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.