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Open-Access Lesson Plans and Resources for Teachers. Our Teacher Resource Guides offer educators the opportunity to teach a multitude of subjects—from climate change to nutrition, social justice to gender studies, and decolonization to mathematics—through the art and artists who have defined this country’s visual culture.
Written by experts, reviewed by teachers, and developed in consultation with cultural advisors, each resource is available in both French and English, and includes thought-provoking learning activities, step-by-step lesson plans, supplemental digital resources, and a ready-to-download PowerPoint slide deck.
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Grades 6-12
Social Studies, History, Visual Arts, Creative Writing, Drama
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Grades 3-6
Science, Visual Arts
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Grades 9-12
Integrated Arts, Media Arts, Visual Arts
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Grades 9-12
Indigenous Studies; Canadian History; Visual Arts, and more
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Grades 4-12
Visual Arts, Science, Social Studies, Geography, and more
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Grades 9-12
Visual Arts, Media Studies, and more
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Grades 7-12
Geography, Environment and Resource Management, Humanities, and more.
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Grades 9-12
Integrated Arts, Media Arts, Visual Arts, History, Social Studies, and more.
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Grades 10-12
Philosophy, Visual Arts, Humanities, History, Media Studies, and more
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Grades 4-9
Social Studies, Visual Arts, Science, History, Geography
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![War and Commemoration through explorations of Historical and Contemporary Art in Canada]()
Grades 8-12
Visual Arts, History, English, Social Studies, and more
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![Learn About Clothing and Fashion Through the Art of Gathie Falk]()
Grades 9-12
Visual Arts, and more
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![The Elements of Art through explorations of Historical and Contemporary Artists in Canada]()
Grades 5–12
Visual Arts, and more
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![Ways of Knowing through the art of Iljuwas Bill Reid]()
Grades 9–12
First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Studies; Visual Arts; English Language Arts; Social Studies; History, and more
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![Prairie Landscapes through the art of Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald]()
Grades 5–8
Science, Social Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Seasonal Changes through the art of Maud Lewis]()
Grades 1–3
Dramatic Arts, Language Art, Science, and more
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![Abstraction and the Inspiration of Nature through the art of Jean Paul Riopelle]()
Grades 9–12
English Language Arts, French, History of Quebec and Canada, Media Arts, Visual Arts, and more
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![Western Canada in the Early 1900s through the art of C.D. Hoy]()
Grades 7–12
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies; History; Social Studies, and more
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![Climate Change through explorations of Historical and Contemporary Art in Canada]()
Grades 4–12
Biology, Environmental Science, Oceans, Science, Social Studies, and more
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![Food and Nutrition in Canada through the art of Ozias Leduc]()
Grades 3–8
Health and Nutrition, and more
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![Family and Intergenerational Knowledge through the art of Annie Pootoogook]()
Grades 9–12
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies; Social Studies; Visual Arts, and more
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![Early Colonial Canada through the art of Louis Nicolas]()
Grades 7–12
Geography, History, and more
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![The Properties of Light through the art of Mary Pratt]()
Grades 4–12
Science, Physics, and more
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![Symbolism and Memorials through the art of Walter S. Allward]()
Grades 9–12
Drama, Visual Arts, Canadian History, English, Social Science, and more
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![Literary Devices through the art of Alex Colville]()
Grades 9–12
English, Dramatic Arts, Visual Arts, The Writer’s Craft, and more
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![Perspective Drawing, Slope, and Equations of Lines through the Art of Kazuo Nakamura]()
Grades 7–11
Mathematics, Visual Arts, and more
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![Systemic Racism and Resistance through the art of Zacharie Vincent]()
Grades 9–12
Canadian History, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Studies, Social Studies, Visual Arts, World Issues, and more
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![Community & Land Stewardship through the art of Pitseolak Ashoona]()
Grades 9 to 12
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, and more
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![Global Citizenship through the art of Paraskeva Clark]()
Grades 9 to 12
Canadian and World Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Maritime Environments and Industry through the art of Edward Mitchell Bannister]()
Grades 9 to 12
Canadian studies, Science, Social Studies, Biology, Oceans, Environmental Science, and more
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![Land & Indigenous Worldviews through the art of Norval Morrisseau]()
Grades 9 to 12
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Environmental Activism through the art of Joyce Wieland]()
Grades 11 to 12
Biology, Environmental Science, Geography, Canadian and International Politics, World Issues, and more
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![Shading Techniques & Mathematical Analysis of Circles through the art of Jock Macdonald]()
Grades 8 to 11
Mathematics, Visual Arts, and more
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![Decolonization through the art of Robert Houle]()
Grades 7 to 12
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, History, Social Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Politics & Social Change through the art of Paul-Émile Borduas]()
Grades K to 12
Visual Arts, English, French, Canadian and World Studies, Social Studies, and more
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![Early 20th Century Women through the art of Prudence Heward]()
Grades 6 to 12
English, Media Studies, Health and Physical Education, Social Studies, Visual Arts, the Writer’s Craft, and more
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![Entrepreneurialism & Business through the art of William Notman]()
Grades K to 12
Visual Arts, English, French, Social Studies, Business Studies, and more
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![Professional Illustration and Graphic Design through the art of Oscar Cahén]()
Grades 7 to 10
Language Arts, Media Arts, Visual Arts, English, and more
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![Canadian Identity through the art of Greg Curnoe]()
Grades 6 to 12
Canadian and World Issues, Civics, History, Political Studies, Social Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Women in the Second World War through the art of Molly Lamb Bobak]()
Grades 9 to 12
Dramatic Arts, English, History, Visual Arts, and more
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![Clearcutting through the art of Emily Carr]()
Grades 4 to 12
Geography, Social Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Astronomy through the art of Paterson Ewen]()
Grades 4 to 12
American History, Visual Arts, History, Science, World Issues, and more
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![Multiculturalism through the art of William Kurelek]()
Grades 2 to 12
History, Social Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Holocaust Remembrance through the art of Gershon Iskowitz]()
Grades 9 to 12
Social Studies, Visual Arts, the Writer's Craft, and more
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![Early 20th Century Childhood through the art of Helen McNicoll]()
Grades 1 to 12
Canadian and World Studies, English, History, Language Arts, Social Studies, and more
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![Urban Environments through the art of Jean Paul Lemieux]()
Grades 9 to 12
Geography, Human Geography, Living in a Sustainable World, Urban Studies, World Geography, World Issues, and more
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![Musical composition through the art of Bertram Brooker]()
Grades 2 to 12
Music, Visual Arts, Composition and Production, and more
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![Living Things & Habitats through the art of Homer Watson]()
Grades 1 to 12
Biology, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Modern Canadian Landscapes & the Group of Seven through the art of Tom Thomson]()
Grades 5 to 12
Visual Arts, Social Studies, Canadian and World Studies, and more
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![Colour, Language & Storytelling through the art of Yves Gaucher]()
Grades 3 to 6
Language, Media Literacy, Visual Arts, and more
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![Fundamental Principles in Computer Science through the art of Michael Snow]()
Grades 2 to 12
Computer Science, Media Arts, Technology, Visual Arts, and more
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![Simple Machines through the art of Sorel Etrog]()
Grades 4 to 8
Science, Technology, and more