1.) This article entitled Learning with Our Inner-Gamer: Using Board Games In the Social Studies Classroom, discusses a teacher's experience with utilizing games in a classroom to help him teach the material.
Author: Mike Dunn
2.) This article entitled, Toying with Ideas: Board Games and Social Studies, has multiple board games that can be used in teaching social studies. It has a description of the game, as well as the grade level/topic it could be used with.
Author: Maria Elena Galvez-Martin
http://www.socialstudies.org/sites/default/files/publications/yl/1203/120302.html
3.) This website focuses on different aspects of utilizing games in education, and how using games can help students learn the material.
Website: The MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program
4.) This article entitled, Playing to Learn: Panelists at Stanford discussion say using games as an educational tool provides opportunities for deeper learning, explains why using games in education can lead to student learning.
Author: R. F. MacKay
https://news.stanford.edu/2013/03/01/games-education-tool-030113/
5.) This article entitled, Teaching with Games, discusses how teaching with games can benefit students, and includes other various articles and resources that discuss using games in the curriculum.
Website: Education World
https://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy065.shtml
6.) This website has a variety of games that can be used to teach different topics found in Social Studies.
Website: Play the Past
7.) This website explains how role playing can be used in teaching Social Studies, and also has instructions for the teacher as to build a lesson around role playing.
Specific Article: How to Teach Using Role-Playing
https://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/roleplaying/howto.html