A nice while ago I saw this site - "Telling Stories: Narratives of Nationhood" - featured on a blog.  It is a great resource to use in teaching social studies and art appreciation.  Here are a couple of quotes from the site:

"In Telling Stories: Narratives of Nationhood, a diversity of art by Canadian artists is the medium for the exploration of Canadian history and heritage, identity, culture, geography, and politics."

"Complementing 4000 works of art with 400 lesson plans generated by a team of educators, the program uses the Confederation Centre Art Gallery collection and works of art from gallery collections across Canada to explore the symbols and icons that are used in the art to tell stories about the geographical, historical, and cultural make-up of Canada."

Did you catch that?!?  400 lesson plans featuring 4000 works of art!  Now that's a great resource, and it's all available through this web site.  Make sure you set aside a good chunk of time to check it out because it is a gold mine.

You enter either an HTML or flash version of the site.  I had a little trouble with the flash version on my computer but if really is so much more exciting then the HTML version.  In both version you can see that the material is divided up into 8 modules.  Each module starts with an introduction page.  In the HTML version there is a list of related lesson plans at the bottom of the page, while in the flash version there is a link for related lesson plans in the top right corner.  Grade levels are suggested for each lesson and there are lessons to cover all grades from 1-12. 

The site is a project of the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Prince Edward Island.  The Centre's website is also worth checking out, especially the Art Gallery section where you can take a virtual tour of the gallery and also check the live web cam feed.