~Historical Uses - The Battle Of Hogwarts

-ended the Second Wizarding War in 1998
-McGonagall vs. Snape
-McGonagall blocked the Fire to Snake, then used Smoke to Dagger
-drew the divide in the battle between McGonagall and Snape
-Piertotum Locomotor was used as a main school defense
-Percy Weasley turned Pius Thicknesse into a hedgehog

~Historical Uses - The Triwizard Tournament

-1994-1995 school year
-Draconifors, contestants could keep their dragons as keepsakes
-Cedric used Rock to Dog
-Viktor Krum used partial human transfiguration to give himself a shark head
-Harry used Gillyweed

~Notable Figures - Professor McGonagall

-TNFG teacher at Hogwarts from 1956-recently, went to St. Mungo's ill\
-Hogwarts DH, Gryffindor HoH, TNFG teacher, and in 1998 HM
-born Oct. 4, 1935 to Muggle father and witch mother
-excelled in TNFG and DADA
-won Transfiguration Today's "Most Promising Newcomer" award
-became an Animagus after graduating; silver tabby cat with square spectacle markings
-active member of the OotP
-used her animagus skills to spy on Voldemort and followers
-received the Order of Merlin, First Class, from Minister of Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt after Battle of Hogwarts

~Notable Figures - Emeric Switch

-wrote A Beginner’s Guide to Transfiguration
-taught TNFG at Hogwarts in late 1800s before Dumbledore
-went on to write many articles for Transfiguration Today
-died when an experimental spell backfired in 1953

~Assignments

-Mandatory Final Exam
-Essay Option 1 (EC)
-Essay Option 2 (EC)
-Essay Option 3 (EC)