The following essay will explore reasons why an individual subject-based discipline curriculum approach is far more beneficial than an integrated curriculum approach in Australian schools. In this essay I will argue and discuss reasons as to why an individual subject-based approach is more effective when it comes to the Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) subjects in particular of the lower secondary school curriculum. There are many factors and decisions that are thoroughly considered and involved within creating education curriculums. These decisions are made and influenced by the opinions of parents, teachers, students, communities and governments. The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is an independent authority in which makes informed decisions towards having a national approach to education through the means of having a national curriculum, a national assessment program and a national data collection and reporting program. ACCRA’s main goal is to achieve and improve the learning of all young Australians students through a world-class school curriculum and to develop national education standards that are applied across every school in Australia. “ACARA is responsible for a national curriculum from Kindergarten to Year 12 in specific learning areas, a national assessment program aligned to the national curriculum that measures students’ progress, a national data collection and reporting program that supports: analysis, evaluation, research and resource allocation; and the accountability of reporting on schools and broader national achievement.” The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Australian Government, (2013). ACARA go through a long development process to produce a high-quality national curriculum. This process involves of the council of federal, state and territory education ministers who are responsible for endorsing the Australian Curriculum. “State and territory education authorities are responsible for implementation of the Australian Curriculum and for supporting schools and teachers” (The Australian Curriculum, 2013). The current curriculum that is now in practice or that has been written is an individual subject-based discipline approach. Although the Australian curriculum has been written so that geography, history and social sciences subjects are taught as individual subjects or strands, it doesn't mean that they are taught independent of each other, as the implementation of how they are delivered in a classroom has factors other than just how the curriculum is written. These factors include of the say of different states and the different jurisdictions of each state, which can be either state based, catholic based, or independent based. Also other factors are considered such as different methods used by schools, teachers, how the teachers teach the subject area and the different types of learning available to students. The humanities and social sciences subjects are very rigorous and content filled subjects and it can be very challenging to combine and teach these subjects as a w