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I feel as if using technology in the classroom could help your students learn how to go back in time and find new things about what you are currently learning inside the classroom.

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I love the idea of fun educational fridays. You could incorporate some educational fun videos such as Time Warp Trio or even some age level appropriate videos from the History channel.

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You can have plenty of options to do with social studies. Powerpoint for the students to see over and over again. You can create a puzzle type of thing through a website and have the students to match the pieces to where they go, this is a great way to learn where the states are in the
United States.

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I am in my first year teaching and my content area is World History. I am still searching for some really good interactive technology in that field. Anything from virtual field trips to just a simple interactive website. One of the things you could utilize is Google Earth. In a sense, it could be used like a virtual field trip. I would love to be able to find more options though myself!!!

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I taught Social Studies in 4th grade a few years ago and also found it hard to use technology in my classroom. After learning different things in this class I believe it may be easier to use technology in the classroom. I think some QR codes could be used to bring information found online to the classroom. I believe there are many things online that can be used. I really enjoyed reading Pam's comment about the virtual field trip. That seems like it would be a lot of fun and would keep the students interested in the lesson. Going online and finding different things to correspond with your Social Studies lessons may be something that would help.

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When I taught Soc. St. years ago my class did a virtual field trip with one of the curators at the WWII museum in NOLA. Plus they sent a foot locker of primary artifacts for us to investigate, complete with gloves for students to wear!
The British Museum has a wonderful website that I referenced often, and it also includes interactives and games for students to play online.
There are many virtual field trips that you can take, such as visiting Pompeii.
Also, another thing I did quite often was use webquests.
With my special needs students, we used Educreations for them to create a presentation for the class with partners. This way they did not have to stand in front of the class, but I could play their presentation on the board at the front of the class. They were much more comfortable with that.

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With a little research, I found the following website that claims to have 15 of the best social studies websites for teachers.
Hope this is helpful :-)

https://www.thetechedvocate.org/15-best-social-studies-websites-teachers/

1.      National Geographic Education: Photos & Videos - Outstanding database of engaging photos and videos that are related to social studies.

2.      PBS LearningMedia -    Awe inspiring collection of free multimedia resources that were specially made for classroom use.

3.      org - A wonderful collection of social studies content. Includes lesson plans, assignment ideas, etc.

4.      Library of Congress -    Take advantage of one of the world’s largest collection of online digital resources for social studies.

5.      National Archives -          Peruse a collection of U.S. history docs and other resources.

6.      Smithsonian Learning Lab -      Access a treasure trove of Smithsonian resources.

7.      Digital Public Library of America -      A collection of historical and cultural items that are second to none.

8.      American Panorama -   This atlas highlights events that have occurred in U.S. history. The best part about the site is that it is highly interactive.

9.      The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History -  Amazing social studies resource that has a treasure trove of information.

10.  National WWII Museum - Quality social studies resources that help teachers plan outstanding lessons.

11.  American Social History Project - A website that contains a cache of research-based resources which highlight American diversity.

12.  Historypin - A website that uses crowdsourcing to produce its outstanding resources.

13.  The Idea of America -    Digital history lessons that sparks debate.

14.  Voices of Democracy - Huge collection of primary source documents that produce a sound starting point for any historical research project.

15.  Stanford History Education Group - Research-based social studies curriculum that sparks historical research.