The purpose of this study is to understand the teachers' perceptions and use of the textbooks for social studies in elementary school in the 3rd and 4th grade according to the 2015 revised curriculum. It is expected to obtain the implications for the development of the textbooks for the next social studies textbooks by a questionnaire survey conducted on 246 teachers who were in charge of social studies in the 3rd and 4th grade in Seoul and Busan. As a result of the analysis, it can be concluded that the evaluation of the 3rd and 4th grade textbooks is generally positive. Especially, they were evaluated positively that filling out blanks at the end of the every unit, the activity materials presented in the appendix of the textbooks, explanation of pictures and illustrations, questions in the lesson guide of the teachers’ guides. On the other hand, the rate of positive evaluation of teachers' CD and digital textbooks was relatively low and the rate of negative evaluation was high. Therefore, upcoming elementary social studies textbooks should provide intuitive contents presenting key points, various evaluation materials, expand appendixes with activity materials to encourage student participation. Teachers’ CD and digital textbooks are necessary to be promoted and developed in improvement of contents and form.