Note, I had indented the sections in my original post, but the formatting got lost when it appeared here.
Anyway, one other piece of advice is that if you view the report as being yotzei the teachers assignement, then it is easy to get writer’s block. What should I say, etc?
However, you need to view it as taking a topic and explaining it or a particular viewpoint to an audience, and backing up everything you say with proof.
I.e., you contend that Ben Franklin was actually a Jew in disguise. Now you need to review his life, and then provide various documentation that proves that deeper study of many of the famous stories about him show he was a Belzer Chasid.
The most interesting reports are when you try to convince your audience of a novel idea. Take control of your audience, rather than your audience taking control of you.