Rick Steves Classroom Europe ™

400 teachable moments from Rick Steves' Europe designed for educators to use in the classroom.

Rick Steves' free resource for teachers and students includes more than 400 ad-free video clips from the Rick Steves' Europe TV show covering European history, art, culture, and geography.

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2019

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April 2019

I believe that the future stability, security, and prosperity of our nation depends on our education system — and that depends on our teachers.

About the innovation

Free Video Library for Educators

Rick Steves Classroom Europe™ is a freeonline resource for teachers and students that is packed with more than 400 video clips curated from Rick Steves' Europe TV episodes. Teachers can search the video database, select any number of short clips, and build playlists to enhance their lesson plans. It's fast, fun, easy…and totally free.

For Rick Steves Classroom Europe, Rick personally selected his most teachable moments. These short video clips (mostly three to five minutes) cover a vast range of topics: From touring the ancient Roman Forum to learning why people in Barcelona speak Catalan, to visiting a vibrant market in the south of France, to pondering why pilgrims trek 30 days across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela. This ad-free site contains hundreds of such short and engaging clips.

Rick says, "I appreciate the passion teachers have for inspiring their students to learn. This project is a joy for me to offer and my small way of saying thank you."

All are welcome to visit classroom.ricksteves.com — and enjoy!

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Check Out Rick Steves Classroom Europe

Visit the Rick Steves Classroom Europewebsite.

Browse or Search the Collection

You can survey the videos in this program by scanning the thumbnails of each video, use the search field at the top of the page, and select relevant filters on the left to limit your search results.

Create and Share Playlists

You can create a playlist by simply clicking on “Add to playlist” next to the video or videos of your choice. A title and description can be added to a playlist, and you can rearrange the videos in any order you desire.

Want your students to view the playlist outside of the classroom? You can send them a link that they can use to view the playlist contents from home.

Explore Public Playlists

This is where you'll find playlists that werecreated by Rick Steves’ Europe staff and fellow educators. You can filter playlists by theme, country, or historical era. Playlists made by others can also be sent to students.

Save Your Work

You don't need an account to create a single-use playlist. But if you log in with a free Rick Steves account, you can save your playlist, share it with others, and create multiple playlists.