My biggest history project at school (in UK) was the centenary of my primary (elementary) school in 1972, so did we study the local history of a Lancashire milltown, nope, the American Civil War!
As for the stadium, a lot is going to depend on the space available, but a 'kop' like structure is meaningless, it's not a specific type of stand, it's just a name that was given to a stand in a ground, in those days they all looked pretty much the same, what you're probably thinking about is more akin to the Dortmund yellow wall