Good Luck with C I wrote an example program: http://pastebin.com/Gjp69JNY Hopefully you can learn from it! Also look at xoax.net. They have great tutorials!
Edit: I forgot the median in that example, but it isn't too hard to do from where I left off!
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.