Let it be, if I have to tell you who did it I'd be worried! (The Beatles) just in case :-).
I Hope you Dance by Lee Ann Womack. It's a beautiful song and I think Appropriate for any age.
All You Need Is Love" By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Beatles are always good. Dylan is another good one, but harder.
Woody Guthrie "This Land".
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.