As other people have answered, there are some sites that do pay for completing surveys. There are lots of scams out there too. You need to be careful about it.
Filling out these online surveys are good for earning some extra bucks at your comfort and from home. You can either earn points or gift voucher. More you earn through referrals.
There are also couple of sites that pay you to view ads. Try freelancing jobs sites that offers wide range of jobs, part-time or full time, if you are really interested in earning through internet staying at home.
You can make income filling up internet surveys. I'm making $1800/month by using this program: http://is.gd/myeasycash This is a bit boring work yet much better than working at McDonalds.
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.