Carter County Museum

The Carter County Museum is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located centrally on the Main Street of Ekalaka, Montana, a ranching community with a population of 331. Founded in 1936 by amateur archaeologists and paleontologists of the Carter County Geological Society, the museum has the proud distinction of being Montana’s first county museum as well as the state’s first dinosaur museum. The CCM is an active member of the Montana Dinosaur Trail, the Kumamoto Montana Natural Science Museums Association, Museum Association of Montana, Mountain Plains Museum Association and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. We are a sister museum to the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman Montana, and a non-federal repository for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) fossils. In addition to our permanent and rotating exhibitions, we offer educational programming in the form of our annual Dino Shindig Event , school visits and lectures, as well as presentations at our Geological Society Meetings.

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Resources from Carter County Museum

Resource Kit

Hilleman & Vaccines: Connecting Culture to Scientific Curiosity (K-12 Curriculum)

This curriculum is organized around the life of Dr. Maurice Hilleman, groundbreaking microbiologist and vaccine developer. Dr. Hilleman was born and raised in rural Montana, so these lessons inspire curiosity in Montana's rural students as well as spark interest in global public health. The project links photographs from Hilleman's life that expand student knowledge of scientific concepts. The lessons were designed by a group of teachers who piloted the curriculum in Ekalaka, Mont. Content background was provided by Carter County Museum in consultation with Montana State University and Museum of the Rockies. This resource is broken into two units: one for K-6 and another for 9-12 grades. The Indian Education for All lessons are for grades 6-8 and contain a glossary for younger students. We welcome educators to use the entire curriculum the lesson that applies most to their current studies. The lessons are strongest when taught in sequential order.

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Montana Highway Historical Sign

Transcription of text from or for an historical marker near Andrew Mummedy Ranch of Ekalaka, Mont. Text concerns the history of the Ekalaka with notes by Walter H. Peck at the bottom. Contributor: Document selection, transcripts written by Curtis Durham (Carter County Museum Intern, 2020).

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CCGS Library Inventory

Inventory of books, bulletins, pamphlets and other publications from Walter H. Peck kept and filed in the CCGS Library. Contributor: Document selection, transcripts written by Curtis Durham (Carter County Museum Intern, 2020).

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Elementary Lesson 1 Activity - Vocabulary

Hilleman & Vaccines: Connecting Culture to Scientific Curiosity (K-12 Curriculum)

Match each word in Column A with its definition in Column B.

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Elementary Lesson 3 Activity: Who Was Dr. Maurice Hilleman?

Hilleman & Vaccines: Connecting Culture to Scientific Curiosity (K-12 Curriculum)

One of the most important inventors of vaccines was Dr. Maurice Hilleman, who came from Miles City, Montana.

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Elementary Lesson 4 Activity 2 - The Scientific Method

Hilleman & Vaccines: Connecting Culture to Scientific Curiosity (K-12 Curriculum)

Read the story about Jeryl Lynn and the Mumps Vaccine, then answer the following questions.

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Elementary Lesson 4 Activity 1 - Jeryl Lynn Hilleman & the Mumps Vaccine

Hilleman & Vaccines: Connecting Culture to Scientific Curiosity (K-12 Curriculum)

In 1963, Dr. Hilleman’s daughter, Jeryl Lynn, came down with the mumps. By weakening the mumps virus he had obtained from swabs of her throat, he was able to make a safe and effective mumps vaccine. The same strain of mumps virus is used to make the mumps vaccine today. It is called the Jeryl Lynn strain. Prior to the vaccine, mumps was the most common cause of meningitis (swelling of the lining of the brain and spinal cord in children). It was the leading cause of acquired deafness among children in the United States. This ten part series tells the story of developing that vaccine. Illustrations by Jenn Hall for Carter County Museum.

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Biography: Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman

Hilleman & Vaccines: Connecting Culture to Scientific Curiosity (K-12 Curriculum)

Maurice "Morris" Hilleman at right and Harold at left on Hillside Ranch near Miles City, Mont. circa 1931. Image courtesy Museum of the Rockies for the Hilleman & Vaccines Curriculum by Carter County Museum.

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